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違う

違う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S

Verb

違う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ちがう, romaji chigau, historical hiragana ちがふ)

  1. to be different; to differ (from something)
  2. another
  3. (in conversation) no, that is wrong

Usage notes

This is used to disagree with someone in conversation like "no", but it is softer than saying "no" in English.

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