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異なる (ことなる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

異ことなる

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

differ; be different; vary

Intransitive godan verb used to state that two or more things are not the same. Common in both formal and everyday contexts.

意い見けんが異ことなる場ば合あいは、遠えん慮りょなく言いってください。
If your opinion differs, please don't hesitate to say so.

この二ふたつの書しょ類るいは内ない容ようが異ことなっている。

These two documents differ in content.

Written forms

異ことなるUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
異ことなるUsage1%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; rarely seen in modern writing.
ことなるUsage1%

Kanji

異uncommon, different, queerness

Similar words

違ちがう
違う is more colloquial and broadly used for 'wrong' or 'different'. 異なる is more formal and emphasizes a factual difference in nature or quality.

Etymology

Compound of 異 (こと, 'different') + なる (to become). The こと element is an old word for 'different', also seen in 異に (ことに, 'especially').