食い違う
くいちがう
Also written 食違う
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears)
- to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts); to run counter (to); to be inconsistent (with); to be contradictory
Kanji
Example sentences
- 彼らの報告は食い違っている。
Their reports don't accord. - トム、私たちの目的と意見が食い違っていると思います。
Tom, I think we're talking at cross-purposes. - 私たちの意見が食い違うのはこの点です。
It's on this point that our opinions differ. - 親とよく意見が食い違います。
My parents and I disagree on a lot of things.