取り違える

とりちがえる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to take by mistake
2. to misunderstand; to misapprehend

Kanji

• 取 take. Read as とり.
• 違 differ. Read as ちがえる.

Example sentences

• 私は彼を彼の兄と取り違えた。
  I took him for his brother.
• 彼は私と弟を取り違えた。
  He mistook me for my younger brother.

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