mistake

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

transitive obsolete intransitive rare

(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. / (transitive, obsolete) To misunderstand (someone).

Japanese Meaning

（特に人物や物を）誤って理解する、すなわち～を別のものとして認識してしまう。 / （主に「〜を〜と誤認する」という形で）誤って識別する、誤認する。

I mistake her for her twin every time we meet.

会うたびに彼女を双子だと間違えてしまう。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.

Sense（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To misunderstand (someone).

Sense（3）

(intransitive, obsolete) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

Sense（4）

(obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.

mistakes

（ present singular third-person ）

mistaking

（ participle present ）

mistook

（ past ）

mistaken

（ participle past ）