ボタンの掛け違い

ボタンのかけちがい

Also written ボタンのかけ違い

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot (literally: doing up one's buttons wrongly)

Kanji

• 掛 hang. Read as カイ.
• 違 differ. Read as ちがい.

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