違う — to differ, to be wrong
違う is the #190 most common word in Japanese, a verb. It means “to differ, to be wrong” and is pronounced [t͡ɕiɡa̠ɯ̟].
#190frequency rank
0.04%of everyday Japanese text
Level 1Beginner 1
Forms of 違う
| Form | What it is | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 違った | past | differed |
| 違わ | present | differ |
| ちがわ | present | differ |
| 違え | command | differ! |
| ちがえ | command | differ! |
| 違われる | passive | be differed |
| ちがわれる | passive | be differed |
| 違わない | negative | do not differ |
| ちがわない | negative | do not differ |
| 違わず | negative | differing (stem form) |
| ちがわず | negative | differing (stem form) |
| 違います | polite | |
| ちがいます | polite | |
| ちがった | past | differed |
| 違えば | conditional | if ... differ |
| ちがえば | conditional | if ... differ |
| 違は | irrealis | differing (stem form) |
| ちがは | irrealis | differing (stem form) |
| 違へ | realis | differing (stem form) |
| ちがへ | realis | differing (stem form) |
| 違へ | command | differ! |
| ちがへ | command | differ! |
| 違はず | negative | do not differ |
| ちがはず | negative | do not differ |
| 違へど | contrastive | |
| ちがへど | contrastive | |
| 違はば | conditional | if ... differ |
| ちがはば | conditional | if ... differ |
| 違ひき | past | differed |
| ちがひき | past | differed |
| 違ひけり | past | differed |
| ちがひけり | past | differed |
| 違ひつ | past | differed |
| ちがひつ | past | differed |
| 違ひぬ | past | differed |
| ちがひぬ | past | differed |
| 違へり | past | differing (stem form) |
| 違ひたり | past | differing (stem form) |
| ちがへり | past | differing (stem form) |
| ちがひたり | past | differing (stem form) |
| 異う | alternative, kanji |