Advanced Word of the Day – 食い違う [to cross each other; to differ; to clash]

食くい違ちがう

verb | くいちがう

MEANING: to cross each other; to clash; to differ

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

会議かいぎでは、社長しゃちょうと専務せんむの意見いけんが食くい違ちがった。

At the meeting, the company president and managing director didn’t see eye to eye.

NOTES:
Literally, this means “to eat differently”; this could be referring to the “teeth” or cogs not lining up well in a gearbox.

VOCABULARY:

会議かいぎ meeting
社長しゃちょう (company) president
と and
専務せんむ managing director
意見いけん opinion; point of view