違い

ちがい · chigai · JLPT N3 · noun

difference

🍎🍊 違い chigai is the noun form of 違う chigau, to differ or be wrong

Japanese often turns a verb into a noun by changing the final -u to -i: chigau (to differ) becomes chigai (a difference). The same verb gives 間違い machigai, a mistake. Sound hook: chi-GUY, the guy who is different.

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