見違える

Japanese
Kanji in this term
見 違
み
Grade: 1		 ちが
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みちがえる [mìchígáérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) みちがえ​る [mìchígáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲit͡ɕiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

見(み)違(ちが)える • (michigaeru) ←みちがへる (mitigaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem 見(み)違(ちが)え (michigae), past 見(み)違(ちが)えた (michigaeta))

  1. to take someone for someone else; not to recognize
    あの娘(むすめ)は見(み)違(ちが)えるほど美(うつく)しくなった。[2]
    Ano musume wa michigaeru hodo utsukushiku natta.
    That girl has become so pretty I did not recognize her.
  2. to make a mistake (in seeing)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "見違える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見違え みちがえ michigae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見違え みちがえ michigae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見違える みちがえる michigaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見違える みちがえる michigaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見違えれ みちがえれ michigaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 見違えよ¹
見違えろ²		 みちがえよ¹
みちがえろ²		 michigaeyo¹
michigaero²
Key constructions
Passive 見違えられる みちがえられる michigaerareru
Causative 見違えさせる
見違えさす		 みちがえさせる
みちがえさす		 michigaesaseru
michigaesasu
Potential 見違えられる
見違えれる³		 みちがえられる
みちがえれる³		 michigaerareru
michigaereru³
Volitional 見違えよう みちがえよう michigaeyō
Negative 見違えない
見違えぬ
見違えん		 みちがえない
みちがえぬ
みちがえん		 michigaenai
michigaenu
michigaen
Negative continuative 見違えず みちがえず michigaezu
Formal 見違えます みちがえます michigaemasu
Perfective 見違えた みちがえた michigaeta
Conjunctive 見違えて みちがえて michigaete
Hypothetical conditional 見違えれば みちがえれば michigaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Hepburn, James Curtis (1886). A Japanese–English and English–Japanese Dictionary (改正増補和英英和語林集成) (3rd ed.).
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