違う
ちがう
to be different; to differ; wrong
Godan verbJLPT N5
Example Sentences
これは違います。
This is different. / This is wrong.
答えが違いました。
The answer was wrong.
それは違くないですか？
Isn’t that wrong?
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•違う often uses the particle と to show what two things are different from each other—like in AはBと違う (A is different from B).
•You can also use 違う by itself as a quick way to say "That's wrong!"—just say 違う！ like "Nope!" or "That's not right!"
•Don’t use を with 違う—it's not like "to differ something"; instead, think of it more like "A differs with B (と)."
•JLPT N5 level
Common Phrases & Expressions
違います（ちがいます）
That’s not correct / That’s wrong
〜と違う（〜とちがう）
To be different from 〜
Example: 意見が彼と違う
My opinion is different from his
Complete Conjugation Table
Basic Forms
Dictionary Form
違う
Masu Form
違います
Te Form
違って
Past Form
違った
Negative Form
違わない
Past Negative
違わなかった
Polite Forms
Polite Present
違います
Polite Past
違いました
Polite Negative
違いません
Polite Past Negative
違いませんでした
Advanced Forms
Potential Form
違える
Passive Form
違われる
Causative Form
違わせる
Causative Passive
違わされる
Volitional Form
違おう
Imperative Form
違え
Conditional Forms
Conditional (ば)
違えば
Conditional (たら)
違ったら
Other Forms
Progressive Form
違っている
Desire (たい)
違いたい
Prohibition
違うな