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Learn Hardcore Japanese: matigau - to be wrong

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 17
/machigau

machigau

Word

間違まちがうmachigau

Meaning

to be wrong

Part of speech

group 1, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of machigau

レシート　を　確認かくにんしたら、　値段ねだん　が　間違まちがって　いました。reshiito o kakuninshitara, nedan ga machigatte imashita.

When I checked the receipt, the price was wrong.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

その　答こたえ　は　間違まちがって　います。sono kotae wa machigatte imasu.

That answer is wrong.

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