勘違い

かんちがい · kanchigai · JLPT N2 · noun

misinterpretation

勘 (gut feeling) + 違い (being off) = a gut feeling that turned out wrong

勘 means intuition or gut feeling, and 違い means difference or error. When your gut guess is off, you have a 勘違い, a misunderstanding.

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