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目違い (めちがい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

目め違ちがい

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Meanings

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noun

error in judgment; misjudgment

Refers to a mistake in perception or assessment, often due to oversight or misreading a situation.

彼かれの判はん断だんは目め違ちがいだった。
His judgment was mistaken.
それは単たんなる目め違ちがいに過すぎない。
That's just an error in judgment.

Kanji

目eye, class, look
違difference, differ

Similar words

誤ご解かい
誤解 is a misunderstanding of facts or intentions, while 目違い is specifically an error in one's own judgment or perception.
見み誤あやまる
見誤る is a verb meaning to misread or misjudge visually or figuratively; 目違い is the noun form of such an error.

Etymology

Compound of 目 (eye, perception) and 違い (difference, mistake), literally 'eye-mistake'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used to mean an error in judgment or perception.