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間違える (まちがえる): to make a mistake — Japanese vocabulary

間違える is read まちがえる and means "to make a mistake". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

間違える

Reading
まちがえる · machigaeru
Translation
to make a mistake
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
まちがえるがまちがえるが

Example

電車を間違えてしまいました。

でんしゃをまちがえてしまいました。

I took the wrong train.

Kanji in this word

  • 間 — interval, between
  • 違 — differ, wrong

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