すれ違ちがい

〈人ひと〉とすれ違ちがいになるto miss meeting someone
駅えきで友とも達だちとすれ違ちがいになってしまった。
I ended up missing my friend at the station.
気き持もちのすれ違ちがいa gap in feelings between people
二人ふたりの間あいだには気き持もちのすれ違ちがいがあった。
There was a rift in feelings between the two of them.
すれ違ちがいが生しょうじるfor a disconnect or discrepancy to arise
連れん絡らく不ぶ足そくからすれ違ちがいが生しょうじた。
A disconnect arose from a lack of communication.
すれ違ちがいを解かい消しょうするto resolve a misalignment or rift
話はなし合あってすれ違ちがいを解かい消しょうした。
We talked it out and resolved our misunderstanding.

Expressions

すれ違ちがいざまwhile passing each other

Kanji

違difference, differ
擦grate, rub, scratch

Related words

行いき違ちがいN1sense 3
行き違い often refers to a mix-up like crossing letters in the mail or a resulting misunderstanding, while すれ違い emphasizes the act of two people or intentions physically or figuratively passing without meeting.
食くい違ちがいN1sense 3
食い違い points to a logical or factual inconsistency between statements or accounts, whereas すれ違い points to an emotional or timing mismatch between people.
誤ご解かいN3sense 3
誤解 means misunderstanding something incorrectly, while すれ違い describes intentions or feelings simply failing to align, without necessarily involving a wrong belief.
ニアミス
すれ違い describes people narrowly missing or passing each other (often figuratively, as in a misunderstanding), while ニアミス in this sense specifically means failing to meet by a small margin of time or place.

Opposites

出で会あいN3sense 2
出会い means successfully meeting someone, the opposite of すれ違い's sense of failing to meet due to timing or location.
一いっ致ちN3sense 3
一致 means opinions or feelings matching perfectly, the opposite of すれ違い's sense of a mismatch or falling out of sync.

Counted with

回かいN4
The neutral counter for occurrences: how many times something happens.
度たび
Counts occasions (times), mostly in set or literary phrases (この度, 幾度).

Written forms

すれ違ちがいUsage97%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
擦すれ違ちがいUsage3%
Full kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of the verb 擦れ違う (すれちがう, 'to pass each other') in its continuative form (連用形) 擦れ違い, used as a noun. The verb itself is composed of 擦れる (すれる, 'to rub, to pass') and 違う (ちがう, 'to differ, to go wrong').