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違う
違う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 違 |
| Grade: S |
Verb
違う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ちがう, romaji chigau, historical hiragana ちがふ)
Usage notes
This is used to disagree with someone in conversation like "no", but it is softer than saying "no" in English.
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of "違う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 違わ | ちがわ | chigawa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 違い | ちがい | chigai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 違う | ちがう | chigau |
| Attributive (連体形) | 違う | ちがう | chigau |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 違え | ちがえ | chigae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 違え | ちがえ | chigae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 違われる | ちがわれる | chigawareru |
| Causative | 違わせる 違わす |
ちがわせる ちがわす |
chigawaseru chigawasu |
| Potential | 違える | ちがえる | chigaeru |
| Volitional | 違おう | ちがおう | chigaō |
| Negative | 違わない | ちがわない | chigawanai |
| Negative continuative | 違わず | ちがわず | chigawazu |
| Formal | 違います | ちがいます | chigaimasu |
| Perfective | 違った | ちがった | chigatta |
| Conjunctive | 違って | ちがって | chigatte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 違えば | ちがえば | chigaeba |