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違いない (ちがいない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Conjugation 違いない · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 違ちが いない 違ちが いなくない Polite 違ちが いないです 違ちが いなくないです also 違ちが いなくありません Past polite 違ちが いなかったです 違ちが いなくなかったです also 違ちが いなくありませんでした Past 違ちが いなかった 違ちが いなくなかった Te-form 違ちが いなくて 違ちが いなくなくて Adverbial 違ちが いなく Conditional 違ちが いなければ 違ちが いなくなければ Tara conditional 違ちが いなかったら 違ちが いなくなかったら
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匂にお
い
は
カレー
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違ちが
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This smell must be curry.
Kanji 無 nothingness, none, ain't Related words 間違いない can stand alone as "that's certain/right," while 違いない is mainly used in the pattern に違いない to express strong inference.
きっと is an adverb meaning "surely/probably" that softens a prediction, whereas 違いない (usually に違いない) asserts a firmer, near-certain conclusion.
Politeness 相違ない is the formal, written counterpart of 違いない, both meaning "there is no doubt," but 違いない is far more common in everyday speech.
Written forms 違ちが いない
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; common both as a predicate and in the pattern に違いない.
違ちが い 無な い
Kanji-heavy variant using 無い; understandable but less typical in ordinary writing than 違いない.
Etymology Composed transparently from 違い, “difference; mistake,” plus ない, “not exist,” giving the idea that there is no mistake or no room for a different conclusion. This is a semantic explanation, not a claim about a separate historical origin.
