To Make A Mistake
To Confuse, To Mistake
transitive verb, ichidan verb
Remember how 間違い means "a mistake?" Well this is the verb version. It means to make a mistake, to confuse, or to mistake.
This verb is transitive. That means that it takes a direct object. Bear in mind that this one is a bit tricky, though, because although it's transitive in Japanese, the English translation will sometimes be intransitive.
まちがえる
It's read the same as 間違い! Nice and easy!
こんな簡単な問題を間違えるなんて、悔しいよ。
Making a mistake on such a simple question is so frustrating.
すいません、友人と間違えてしまいました。
Excuse me, I mistook you for a friend.
間違えて他人の児童手当が私の銀行に振りこまれていたみたいです。
It seems that someone else's child allowance was deposited into my bank by mistake.