Ayamatte

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誤って (Ayamatte) is a Japanese expression meaning “accidentally, in error, by mistake, by accident”.

Meanings

  1. expression, adverbaccidentally; in error; by mistake; by accident

Examples

  • An innocent man was arrested by mistake.

  • Her kindness was misunderstood.

  • He swallowed detergent by mistake.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 誤って

mistake

Related words

to pass throughcrossingthe pastto spend (time)misunderstandingpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)passing (e.g. of a typhoon)passage (of time)to make a mistake (in)faultto let go bymisprint