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すれ違う (すれちがう): to pass by one another — Japanese vocabulary

すれ違う is read すれちがう and means "to pass by one another". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

すれ違う

Reading
すれちがう · surechigau
Translation
to pass by one another
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
すれちがうがすれちがうが

Example

通りですれ違った時私をわざと無視した。

とおりですれちがったときわたしをわざとむしした。

He deliberately ignored me when I passed him in the street.

Kanji in this word

  • 違 — differ, wrong

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