食い違う

• 読み: くいちがう
• ローマ字: kuichigau
• 漢字の分解: 食 (shoku/ku) — eat, bite; 違 (i/chiga) — differ, wrong
• 発音: /kɯ.i.t͡ɕi.ɡa.ɯ/

意味

To not match; to disagree; to conflict. Used when two things fail to align properly.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb describing a discrepancy or mismatch between two things. Often used for conflicting testimonies, misaligned opinions, or things that do not mesh. The literal image is of biting (食い) in different directions (違う).

例文

1. 二人の証言が食い違っている。
2. 計画と実際の結果が大きく食い違った。
3. 意見が食い違ったまま会議が終わった。

使い方ガイド

場面: discussion, investigation, reporting

トーン: objective

起源と歴史

Compound of 食い (biting, from 食う) and 違う (to differ). The image is of interlocking teeth or gears that do not mesh properly, causing friction or misalignment.

文化的背景

時代: Early Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal