N21687/1725

すれ違ちがう

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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すれちがう

Meanings

to pass (by) each other, to brush past
to miss (meeting) each other, to fail to meet
to be at odds, to clash, to be in conflict

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Example sentences

駅えきの前まえで彼女かのじょとすれ違ちがったが、気きづかなかった。

I passed by her in front of the station, but she didn't notice.

二人ふたりの意見いけんはいつもすれ違ちがっていて、なかなか話はなし合あいが進すすまない。

The two of them are always at odds, and their discussions never make much progress.

狭せまい路地ろじで見知みしらぬ人ひととすれ違ちがう瞬間しゅんかん、少すこし緊張きんちょうした。

I felt a little tense at the moment I passed a stranger in the narrow alley.

彼かれと空港くうこうですれ違ちがわなければ、再会さいかいは叶かなわなかっただろう。

Had we not crossed paths at the airport, our reunion would never have happened.

互たがいの気持きもちがすれ違ちがい続つづけたことで、二人ふたりの関係かんけいは次第しだいに壊こわれていった。

Because their feelings kept clashing, the relationship between the two gradually fell apart.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)