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すれ違う

擦れ違う

Reading

Kana: すれちがう
Romaji: surechigau
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5u
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1

to pass by one another; to disagree; to miss each other

Kanji

違
Readings: イ、 ちが.う、 ちが.い、 ちが.える、 -ちが.える、 たが.う、 たが.える
Meanings: difference, differ
擦
Readings: サツ、 す.る、 す.れる、 -ず.れ、 こす.る、 こす.れる
Meanings: grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour

Example Sentences

通(とお)りで少年(しょうねん)とすれ違(ちが)った。
➥I passed a boy in the street.
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通(とお)りですれ違(ちが)った時(とき)私(わたし)をわざと無視(むし)した。
➥He deliberately ignored me when I passed him in the street.
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私(わたし)たちの車(くるま)は駅(えき)の近(ちか)くでたまたま彼(かれ)らの車(くるま)とすれ違(ちが)った。
➥Our car happened to pass theirs by the station.
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きのう銀座(ぎんざ)でロバートとすれ違(ちが)ったよ。
➥Yesterday I nearly ran into Robert in Ginza.
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彼女(かのじょ)は通(とお)りですれ違(ちが)う時(とき)に私(わたし)に微笑(ほほえ)みかけた。
➥She smiled at me as she passed me in the street.
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