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誤解

ごかい

misunderstanding

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Examples

  1. 誤解を解きたい。

    ごかいをときたい。

    I want to clear up the misunderstanding.

  2. 私の言い方が悪くて、誤解されたようだ。

    わたしのいいかたがわるくて、ごかいされたようだ。

    I put it badly and seem to have been misunderstood.

  3. 誤解のないように、もう一度説明させてください。

    ごかいのないように、もういちどせつめいさせてください。

    To avoid any misunderstanding, please let me explain once more.

Common patterns

誤解を招く
to invite misunderstanding
誤解を解く
to clear up a misunderstanding
誤解される
to be misunderstood

Memory tip

誤解を招く, 'to invite misunderstanding', is the phrase to learn — it appears constantly in apologies and careful writing. 間違える is getting a fact wrong; 誤解 is taking someone's meaning wrongly.

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