訳わけが違ちがう

訳が違う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	訳わけが違ちがう	訳わけが違ちがわない
Polite	訳わけが違ちがいます	訳わけが違ちがいません
Past polite	訳わけが違ちがいました	訳わけが違ちがいませんでした
Past	訳わけが違ちがった	訳わけが違ちがわなかった
Te-form	訳わけが違ちがって	訳わけが違ちがわないで
Desire	訳わけが違ちがいたい	訳わけが違ちがいたくない
Potential	訳わけが違ちがえる	訳わけが違ちがえない
Passive	訳わけが違ちがわれる	訳わけが違ちがわれない
Causative	訳わけが違ちがわせる	訳わけが違ちがわせない
Causative passive	訳わけが違ちがわせられるalso 訳わけが違ちがわされる	訳わけが違ちがわせられないalso 訳わけが違ちがわされない
Volitional	訳わけが違ちがおう
Polite volitional	訳わけが違ちがいましょう
Imperative	訳わけが違ちがえ	訳わけが違ちがうな
Conditional	訳わけが違ちがえば	訳わけが違ちがわなければ
Tara conditional	訳わけが違ちがったら	訳わけが違ちがわなかったら

Meanings

expression, godan verb (-u)

be incomparable; be completely different matters; be on a different level

Used to emphasize that two things are fundamentally different in nature, quality, or scale, often implying one is far superior or not even in the same category.

彼かれの実じつ力りょくは他ほかの選せん手しゅとは訳わけが違ちがう。
His ability is on a completely different level from the other players.
この店みせのラーメンはインスタントとは訳わけが違ちがう。
The ramen at this shop is nothing like instant ramen.

Kanji

訳translate, reason, circumstance
違difference, differ

Related words

段だん違ちがい
段違い also means 'on a different level' but is more often used as a noun or na-adjective to describe a clear gap in rank or quality, while 訳が違う is a verbal expression emphasizing a fundamental difference in nature.
比くらべ物ものにならない
比べ物にならない means 'cannot be compared' and is a stronger, more direct statement of incomparability, often used when one thing is vastly inferior or superior. 訳が違う is slightly softer and can simply mean 'it's a different story'.

Built from

訳わけ+違ちがう

Written forms

訳わけが違ちがう
Standard kanji spelling for this expression.
わけが違ちがう
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and avoids potential confusion with the kanji 訳 (translation).

Etymology

The expression combines 訳 (わけ, 'reason' or 'meaning') with 違う (ちがう, 'to differ'), literally 'the reason/meaning is different'. It evolved to mean that two things are fundamentally different in nature or category, not just in degree.