How do you read and pronounce 見当違い?

見当違い is read as "kentouchigai" in romaji. Practice pronunciation with the built-in audio trainer on Nihoner.

How do you use 見当違い in a sentence?

Example: とても見当違いですね。 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).

What kanji are in 見当違い?

見当違い contains the kanji: 見 and 当 and 違. Each character's stroke order, readings, and meanings are broken down on this page.

見当違い – Japanese Meaning, Romaji Reading & AI Pronunciation Practice

Q: What does 見当違い mean in Japanese?

見当違い (kentouchigai) means "wrong (guess or estimate), misdirected, irrelevant, off the point" in Japanese.

見当違い

kentouchigai

wrong (guess or estimate), misdirected, irrelevant, off the point

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kentouchigai wrong (guess or estimate), misdirected, irrelevant, off the point

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Kanji Breakdown

見

See, Hopes, Chances, Idea, Opinion, Look At, Visible

On: けん Kun: み.る,み.える,み.せる

7 strokes N5

当

Hit, Right, Appropriate, Himself

On: とう Kun: あ.たる,あ.たり,あ.てる,あ.て,まさ.に,まさ.にべし

6 strokes N3

違

Difference, Differ

On: い Kun: ちが.う,ちが.い,ちが.える,-ちが.える,たが.う,たが.える

13 strokes N3

How to Use This Word

I-adjective (い形容詞)

Pattern

見当違い → 見当違くない → 見当違かった → 見当違くて

💡 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).

Example

とても見当違いですね。

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