違う

Reading

Kana: ちがう

Romaji: chigau

Definitions

v5u

vi

1

to differ (from); to vary

2

to not be in the usual condition

3

to not match the correct (answer, etc.)

4

to be different from promised

See also: 話が違う

5

isn't it?; wasn't it?

(Kansai-ben)

Note: at sentence-end, often as 〜のと違うか

Kanji

違

Readings: イ、 ちが.う、 ちが.い、 ちが.える、 -ちが.える、 たが.う、 たが.える

Meanings: difference, differ

Example Sentences

違(ちが)うんだ。

➥Wrong.

馬(うま)はロバと違(ちが)う。

➥Horses are distinct from donkeys.

彼(かれ)は以前(いぜん)とは違(ちが)う。

➥He is not what he used to be.

どう違(ちが)うのだ。

➥What's the difference?

人(ひと)の心(こころ)は皆(みな)違(ちが)う。

➥So many men, so many minds.

世界(せかい)は昔(むかし)とは違(ちが)う。

➥The world is not what it used to be.