ちがえる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ちがえる – see the following entry.
違える
[verb] to change, to make different
[verb] to err in, to make a mistake in
[verb] to break (a promise), to fail to keep
[verb] to dislocate (one's muscle or joint)
[verb] to cross, to intersect
(This term, ちがえる (chigaeru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)