Come learn 2000+ kanji and 6000+ vocabulary words with WaniKani.

26 大違い Big Difference

Alternative Meanings

Major Mistake

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

おおちがい

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

堅い木の椅子と柔らかい快適な椅子じゃあ大違いだよ。

There is a big difference between a hard wooden chair and a soft cushy chair.

Meaning Explanation

違い is difference, so a big one of those is a big difference.

Reading Explanation

The reading is 違う plus 大 of 大きい (おお) put together. You can remember this because when you see the difference (the BIG difference), you say "oohhhhh" (お), because you were surprised you didn't see it before.

Utilized Kanji