Practice JLPTMeaning
食い違い (くいちがい, kuichigai) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “cross-purposes; difference”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
彼との 間で 意見の 食い違いが 生じた
There was a difference of opinion between them.
２ 人の 意見には 大きな 食い違いがあった。
There was a great gap between the views of the two.
何が重要な部分の食い違いかは、一概にはいえない。
What constitutes a material discrepancy differs in each case.
本陣の向こうに設け、前面には食い違いの土手を築く。
It was located on the opposite side of the headquarters, in front of which was a crisscross bank.
当然、大蔵卿局と且元の意見は食い違い、かみ合わない。
Naturally, the opinions of Okurakyo-no-tsubone and Katsumoto differed and didn't dovetail.
先方は取引に多少の利害の食い違いがあることを少なからず懸念しています。
（
メールで書く場合） The other party is apprehensive to some extent that there is a slight clash of business interests between us.この点で食い違いが大きく持続的であれば、それによって精神的不快感が増すのである。
A wide or persistent discrepancy in this respect is a source of abounding spiritual discomfort.
その二つの報告書には食い違いがある. There's a discrepancy between the two reports.彼と私の意見の間には微妙な食い違いがある. There is a subtle difference between his opinion and mine.兄弟同士の意見の食い違いから喧嘩になった. The conflict between the brothers' views caused a row.２人の意見には大きな食い違いがあった。
There was a great gap between the views of the two.