UKKA-RI うっかり
Meanings
・A state of being absent-minded, oblivious, forgetful, or inattentive.
Examples
・I accidentally forgot to take my medicine.
うっかり薬を飲み忘れてしまった。
・I had inadvertently forgotten my grandfather’s birthday.
うっかりして祖父の誕生日を忘れていた。
・I started a diet, but out of habit, I inadvertently ordered toppings.
ダイエットを始めたのに、いつもの癖で、うっかりトッピングを頼んでしまった。
・I got drunk and accidentally let slip the truth to my boss.
酔っ払ってうっかり上司に真実を話してしまった。
・Don’t blab this secret to anyone.
この秘密をうっかりしゃべってはいけません。
Dogmatic Opinion
Things that we would not normally forget or lose track of are forgotten because we are preoccupied with something else, and as a result, inconveniences and failures occur.
Often used to talk about a mistake made when something should have been done that was not.
Negligence
It cannot be deliberately (intentionally) inadvertent.
Proximate Expression
Absentmindeldly
inadvertently
accidentall
let slip
blab
