食い違う (kuichigau) Japanese meaning: not match well | Kotomora

食くい違ちがう

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食い違う · godan verb (-u)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

not match well; not mesh properly

Physical mismatch: seams, gears, or parts that do not align or fit together correctly.

この板いたは継つぎ目めが食くい違ちがっている。

Kanji

食eat, food
違difference, differ

Related words

ずれるN3sense 1
ずれる describes a slight misalignment or offset (in time, position, or degree), while 食い違う implies a more fundamental mismatch or clash between two things.
矛む盾じゅんN2sense 2
矛盾する means logically contradictory, often within one statement or system, whereas 食い違う covers any kind of mismatch, including physical or factual discrepancies.
異ことなるN3sense 2
異なる is a neutral, common word simply meaning 'to be different,' while 食い違う adds the nuance of conflict or failure to align.
相そう違いN2sense 2
相違する is a formal, often legal or bureaucratic term for a discrepancy, while 食い違う is more everyday and vivid in describing a clash.
すれ違ちがうN2
食い違う means opinions or accounts fail to match, a more neutral, factual version of the emotional clash implied by すれ違う.

Opposites

一いっ致ちN3sense 2
一致する means to match or agree perfectly, the direct opposite of 食い違う, which means to conflict or fail to align.

Don't confuse with

行ゆき違ちがう sense 2
行き違う means to miss each other (e.g. people passing without meeting) or to result in a misunderstanding due to crossed signals, while 食い違う means the content of two things (opinions, facts) directly conflicts.
食くい込こむN1
食い違う means for opinions or facts to differ or clash, while 食い込む means to cut or dig into something; despite sharing the kanji 食い, the meanings are unrelated.

Word family

食くい違ちがいN1
discrepancy; inconsistency; disagreement

Built from

食くい+違ちがう

Written forms

食くい違ちがうUsage70%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency and priority.
くいちがうUsage16%
くい違ちがうUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard written spelling.
食くいちがうUsage6%

Etymology

Compound of 食い (continuative form of 食う, 'to eat') + 違う ('to differ'). The 'eating' element figuratively suggests biting into each other in a mismatched way, leading to the sense of not fitting together.

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