見当違い – vocab dash

見けん当とう違ちがい

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Meanings

Na-adjective

Noun

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

Other spellings

見けん当とうちがい

Kanji used

Pitch accent

けんとうちがい

Composed of

estimate; guess; conjecture; aim; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately; about; around

Noun

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

Noun

Examples10

彼かれの言いうことは見けん当とう違ちがいのようです。

His remark seems to be off the point.

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.

彼かれは見けん当とう違ちがいの考かんがえが多おおすぎる。

He has too many wild ideas.

私わたしの最さい初しょの推すい測そくは見けん当とう違ちがいであった。

My first guess was wide off the mark.

彼かれを信しん頼らいできる男おとこだと考かんがえたのはどうも見けん当とう違ちがいだった。

I erred in thinking him trustworthy.

彼かの女じょに口くち答ごたえするなんて見けん当とう違ちがいだ。

It's wrong of you to talk back to her.