筋違い
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
1. cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)
Noun
2. unreasonableness; absurdity
No-adjective
Na-adjective
3. illogical; unreasonable
4. misdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess)
Other spellings
すじ違い
Kanji used
Pitch accent
すじちがい
Composed of
Examples3
君 が 罰をうける の は 筋違い だ と 思った。
We thought it was absurd that you got punished.
君 が 彼 を 罰する の は 筋違い だ と 思った。
We thought it wrong that you should punish him.
彼女 に 言い返す の は 筋違い だ。
It's wrong of you to talk back to her.