Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 人違い(ひとちがい) in Japanese

人違い
Kana Reading
ひとちがい
Romaji
hitochigai
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    mistaking one person for another
    Example sentence
    調べてみたら人違いだった。 When I inquired I found that it was the wrong person.

Examples of 人違い, ひとちがい in a sentence

  • 調べてみたら人違いだった。

    When I inquired I found that it was the wrong person.

Kanji in this word

違 JLPT 3

13 strokes

difference, differ

On'Yomi: イ

Kun'Yomi: ちが.う, ちが.い, ちが.える, -ちが.える, たが.う, たが.える

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人 JLPT 5

2 strokes

person

On'Yomi: ジン, ニン

Kun'Yomi: ひと, -り, -と

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