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見(けん)当(とう)違(ちが)い

けんとうちがいkentouchigai

CommonAdjective

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. na-adjectivenoun

    wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

Example sentences 10

彼(かれ)の答(こた)えはすべて見(けん)当(とう)違(ちが)いだった。

  • All his answers were wide of the mark.

Words:彼(かれ)答(こた)えはすべて見(けん)当(とう)違(ちが)いだ

感(かん)情(じょう)によって理(り)性(せい)が曇(くも)らされているままにしておくならば、我(われ)々(われ)は、常(つね)に見(けん)当(とう)違(ちが)いのことをしてしまうだろう。

  • If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.

彼(かの)女(じょ)を誘(ゆう)惑(わく)しようとして、失(しっ)敗(ぱい)したことで、彼(かれ)が見(けん)当(とう)違(ちが)いをしていることがわかった。彼(かの)女(じょ)は二(ふた)人(り)の子(こ)供(ども)の母(はは)親(おや)だったから。

  • His vain efforts to seduce her showed he was barking up the wrong tree; she was a mother of two tots.

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