見間違う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 見間違う | 見間違わない |
| Polite | 見間違います | 見間違いません |
| Past polite | 見間違いました | 見間違いませんでした |
| Past | 見間違った | 見間違わなかった |
| Te-form | 見間違って | 見間違わないで |
| Desire | 見間違いたい | 見間違いたくない |
| Potential | 見間違える | 見間違えない |
| Passive | 見間違われる | 見間違われない |
| Causative | 見間違わせる | 見間違わせない |
| Causative passive | 見間違わせられるalso 見間違わされる | 見間違わせられないalso 見間違わされない |
| Volitional | 見間違おう | |
| Polite volitional | 見間違いましょう | |
| Imperative | 見間違え | 見間違うな |
| Conditional | 見間違えば | 見間違わなければ |
| Tara conditional | 見間違ったら | 見間違わなかったら |
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
misperceive visually; misread; mistake for something else
Used when you see something incorrectly, misread a character or sign, or confuse one person/thing with another. Often interchangeable with 見間違える, but 見間違う can sound slightly more casual or dialectal.
See also: 見間違える
I mistook the person in the distance for my younger brother.
Please be careful not to misread the numbers '1' and '7'.