見間違える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	間	違
み Grade: 1	ま Grade: 2	ちが Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みまちがえ​る [mìmáchígáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• (Tokyo) みまちがえる [mìmáchígáérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲima̠t͡ɕiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

見(み)間(ま)違(ちが)える • (mimachigaeru) ichidan (stem 見(み)間(ま)違(ちが)え (mimachigae), past 見(み)間(ま)違(ちが)えた (mimachigaeta))

1. to misrecognize; to read something wrong, etc.

   A(エー)をB(ビー)に見(み)間(ま)違(ちが)える

   ē o bī ni mimachigaeru

   to mistake A for B

Conjugation

Conjugation of "見間違える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	見間違え	みまちがえ	mimachigae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	見間違え	みまちがえ	mimachigae
Shūshikei ("terminal")	見間違える	みまちがえる	mimachigaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	見間違える	みまちがえる	mimachigaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	見間違えれ	みまちがえれ	mimachigaere
Meireikei ("imperative")	見間違えよ¹ 見間違えろ²	みまちがえよ¹ みまちがえろ²	mimachigaeyo¹ mimachigaero²
Key constructions
Passive	見間違えられる	みまちがえられる	mimachigaerareru
Causative	見間違えさせる 見間違えさす	みまちがえさせる みまちがえさす	mimachigaesaseru mimachigaesasu
Potential	見間違えられる 見間違えれる³	みまちがえられる みまちがえれる³	mimachigaerareru mimachigaereru³
Volitional	見間違えよう	みまちがえよう	mimachigaeyō
Negative	見間違えない 見間違えぬ 見間違えん	みまちがえない みまちがえぬ みまちがえん	mimachigaenai mimachigaenu mimachigaen
Negative continuative	見間違えず	みまちがえず	mimachigaezu
Formal	見間違えます	みまちがえます	mimachigaemasu
Perfective	見間違えた	みまちがえた	mimachigaeta
Conjunctive	見間違えて	みまちがえて	mimachigaete
Hypothetical conditional	見間違えれば	みまちがえれば	mimachigaereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential