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勘違い (かんちがい) — misunderstanding | JLPT N2 · Nihongo Circle

勘違い

かんちがい

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1misunderstanding
2wrong guess
3mistaken idea

Example sentence

彼はクラスで一番頭がいいと勘違いしている。

He has the illusion that he is the smartest in his class.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

勘Intuition, Perception, Check11 strokes 違Difference, Differ13 strokes

More words with 勘

勘弁かんべん · pardonN1 勘かん · perceptionN3 勘案かんあん · taking into consideration 勘定かんじょう · calculationN3

More words with 違

Full entry on Jisho

ちがい · difference

N3

相違そうい · differenceN2

すれ違うすれちがう · to pass by one anotherN3

違反いはん · violation (of law)N3

違いないちがいない · (phrase) sureN3

間違えるまちがえる · to make a mistakeN4

違憲いけん · unconstitutionality

行き違いいきちがい · misunderstandingN1

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