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Usages of matigau
レシート を 確認したら、 値段 が 間違って いました。resiito wo kakuninsitara, nedan ga matigatte imasita.
When I checked the receipt, the price was wrong.
その 答え は 間違って います。sono kotae ha matigatte imasu.
That answer is wrong.
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