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聞き間違い (kikimachigai) Japanese meaning: mishearing | Kotomora

聞きき間ま違ちがい

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き

ま

ち

が

い

Meanings

1

Refers to hearing something incorrectly, often leading to misunderstanding.

彼かれの名な前まえを聞きき間ま違ちがいして、違ちがう人ひとを

呼よ

ん

で

しまっ

た

。

I misheard his name and ended up calling the wrong person.

それは聞きき間ま違ちがいです。私わたしはそんなこと言いっていません。

That's a mishearing. I didn't say that.

Kanji

聞hear, ask, listen
間interval, space
違difference, differ

Related words

見み間ま違ちがい
Means 'seeing incorrectly' or 'mistaking one thing for another visually', while 聞き間違い is specifically about hearing errors.
誤ご解かい
A broader term for 'misunderstanding', not limited to auditory mistakes.

Built from

聞きく+間ま違ちがう

Written forms

聞きき間ま違ちがい
Standard kanji spelling.
聞きき間ま違ちがい
Less common variant omitting the okurigana き.

Etymology

Compound of 聞き (stem of 聞く 'to hear') + 間違い ('mistake').