get wrong

machigaeru

meaning: get wrong

state

feeling

direction

examples

名前なまえ漢字かんじ間違まちがえちゃった。

namae no kanji, machigaechatta.

I got the kanji in the name wrong. casual

電車でんしゃ間違まちがえて、反対はんたい方向ほうこうきました。

densha o machigaete, hantai houkou ni ikimashita.

I took the wrong train and went the opposite way. neutral