すじちがい
Sujichigai
Other forms: すじ違い
筋違い (Sujichigai) is a Japanese noun meaning “cramp, sprain, crick, strain (muscle)”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verbcramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)
- noununreasonableness; absurdity
- adjectival noun, na-adjectiveillogical; unreasonable
- adjectival noun, na-adjectivemisdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess)
Examples
彼女に言い返すのは筋違いだ。
It's wrong of you to talk back to her.
君が彼を罰するのは筋違いだと思った。
We thought it wrong that you should punish him.
君が罰をうけるのは筋違いだと思った。
We thought it was absurd that you got punished.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).