Word details

勘違い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 勘違い.

Dictionary

Entry

勘違いかんちがいNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #1562
1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

Examples
彼はクラスで一番頭がいいと勘違いしている。
He has the illusion that he is the smartest in his class.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

勘

intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense

11 strokesFrequency 1,494JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カン

Nanori

かさとる
違

difference, differ

12 strokesFrequency 344JLPT N2Grade 8

On

イ

Kun

ちが.うちが.いちが.える-ちが.えるたが.うたが.える

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