JLPT N3 Vocabulary

誤解（ごかい）

misunderstanding

Reading: ごかい
Sino-Vietnamese: ngộ giải
Exams tested in: 2 exams

Often used in the passive or fixed phrases: 誤解される／誤解を招く／誤解を解く. Different from 誤り (error) because it refers to misreading someone's meaning or a person.

Examples

彼は本当は優しい人なのに、無口なせいで冷たい人だとよく誤解される。He is actually kind, but because he is quiet he is often misunderstood as cold.
誤解を解くために、きちんと説明した。I explained carefully to clear up the misunderstanding.

Real exam questions

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彼は本当は優しい人なのに、無口なせいで、冷たい人だとよく（　　）される。

1観測
2誤解
3決意
4承認

JLPT N3 · 7/2023 · Mondai 4 · Q14 · Take this exam →

またしくじってしまった。

1緊張して
2失敗して
3遅刻して
4誤解して

JLPT N3 · 7/2018 · Mondai 3 · Q19 · Take this exam →

Easily confused with

曲解
誤り
勘違い
錯覚
失敗

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誤解（ごかい）

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