間違う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 間違う | 間違わない |
| Polite | 間違います | 間違いません |
| Past polite | 間違いました | 間違いませんでした |
| Past | 間違った | 間違わなかった |
| Te-form | 間違って | 間違わないで |
| Desire | 間違いたい | 間違いたくない |
| Potential | 間違える | 間違えない |
| Passive | 間違われる | 間違われない |
| Causative | 間違わせる | 間違わせない |
| Causative passive | 間違わせられるalso 間違わされる | 間違わせられないalso 間違わされない |
| Volitional | 間違おう | |
| Polite volitional | 間違いましょう | |
| Imperative | 間違え | 間違うな |
| Conditional | 間違えば | 間違わなければ |
| Tara conditional | 間違ったら | 間違わなかったら |
godan verb (-u), intransitive verb
be wrong; be mistaken; be incorrect
Intransitive; describes a state of being wrong. Often used in the forms 間違っている or 間違った to mean 'is wrong' or 'was wrong/mistaken'.
That answer is wrong.
彼の言ったことは間違っていた。
What he said was mistaken.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
make a mistake; do incorrectly; get wrong
Transitive; used when someone makes an error in an action or process. The thing done wrong is marked with を.
計算を間違ってしまった。
I made a mistake in the calculation.
手順を間違わないように注意してください。
Please be careful not to get the procedure wrong.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
mistake A for B; confuse
Transitive; used when confusing one thing with another. Often appears with ～と～を間違う or ～を間違えて～する.
彼女は私を弟と間違った。
She mistook me for my younger brother.
塩と砂糖を間違って入れてしまった。
I accidentally confused salt with sugar and put it in.
I took the wrong road and ended up being late.
I accidentally used salt instead of sugar.
This answer is wrong.
I dialed the wrong number and called a stranger.
間違う means 'to make a mistake' (an action of erring), whereas 違う simply describes the state of being different or wrong.
misperceive visually; misread; mistake for something else
wrong number; misdial