Meaning of 違う in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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違うJLPT 5
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Kana Readingちがう
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Romajichigau
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u` ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to differ (from); to vary
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to not be in the usual condition
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to not match the correct (answer, etc.)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be different from promised
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Example Sentences
違う, ちがう used in context
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危険物を飲み込んだ場合、飲み込んだものによって対処法が違います。
When you swallow a dangerous substance, what you need to do depends on what you swallowed.
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Obviously that's different for men and women.
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ウェブサイトのタグラインは、その企業が何を行っていて、競合他社とどこが違うのかがわかるようなものでなくてはならない。
The website's tagline has to let people know what that business does and how it differs from the competition.
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そうじゃない。性差別やら女性蔑視やら、そういうものとは関係なく、男と女は違うんだ。
That's not what I meant. I'm not being sexist. Men and women are just different.
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The lunch she brought to me was as delicious as rumoured.
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No, no. I mean to say that it has originality.
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