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Learn Hardcore Japanese: matigai - mistake

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 11
/machigai

machigai

Word

間違まちがいmachigai

Meaning

mistake

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of machigai

間違まちがい　が　ある　と　困こまる　から、　書類しょるい　を　二回にかい　読よんだ。machigai ga aru to komaru kara, shorui o nikai yonda.

Because it would be a problem if there were mistakes, I read the documents twice.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

友達ともだち　が　書かいた　メール　に　は　小ちいさな　間違まちがい　が　多おおかった。tomodachi ga kaita meeru ni wa chiisana machigai ga ookatta.

The email my friend wrote had many small mistakes.

ノート　の　間違まちがい　を　消けしゴム　で　消けして　ください。nooto no machigai o keshigomu de keshite kudasai.

Please erase the mistakes in the notebook with an eraser.

私わたし　は　宿題しゅくだい　の　間違まちがい　に　気きづきました。watashi wa shukudai no machigai ni kizukimashita.

I noticed a mistake in my homework.

履歴書りれきしょ　に　小ちいさな　間違まちがい　が　あった　ので、　書かき直なおしました。rirekisho ni chiisana machigai ga atta node, kakinaoshimashita.

There was a small mistake in my résumé, so I rewrote it.

明細めいさい　を　よく　見みない　と、　小ちいさな　間違まちがい　に　気きづかないこと　が　あります。meisai o yoku minai to, chiisana machigai ni kizukanaikoto ga arimasu.

If you do not look carefully at the statement, there are times when you do not notice small mistakes.

先生せんせい　は　小ちいさな　間違まちがい　なら　すぐ　に　許ゆるして　くれる　が、　同おなじ　間違まちがい　を　何度なんど　も　する　と　叱しかる。sensei wa chiisana machigai nara sugu ni yurushite kureru ga, onaji machigai o nando mo suru to shikaru.

If it’s a small mistake, the teacher forgives it right away, but if you make the same mistake many times, she scolds you.

先生せんせい　が　返かえした　答案とうあん　を　見みたら、　文法ぶんぽう　の　間違まちがい　が　いくつか　あった。sensei ga kaeshita touan o mitara, bunpou no machigai ga ikutsuka atta.

When I looked at the test paper the teacher returned, there were several grammar mistakes.

申込書もうしこみしょ　を　その　まま　出だすの　で　は　なく、　間違まちがい　が　あれば　先さき　に　修正しゅうせいした　ほう　が　いい。moushikomisho o sono mama dasuno de wa naku, machigai ga areba saki ni shuuseishita hou ga ii.

Rather than submitting the application form as it is, it is better to correct it first if there are mistakes.

申込書もうしこみしょ　を　出だす　前まえ　に、　間違まちがい　を　修正しゅうせいして　おきます。moushikomisho o dasu mae ni, machigai o shuuseishite okimasu.

Before submitting the application form, I will correct the mistakes in advance.

先生せんせい　に　言いわれた　文法ぶんぽう　の　間違まちがい　を　修正しゅうせいしました。sensei ni iwareta bunpou no machigai o shuuseishimashita.

I corrected the grammar mistakes the teacher pointed out.

先生せんせい　に　作文さくぶん　を　添削てんさくして　もらった　あと、　同おなじ　間違まちがい　を　しない　よう　に　ノート　に　写うつしました。sensei ni sakubun o tensakushite moratta ato, onaji machigai o shinai you ni nooto ni utsushimashita.

After having the teacher correct my composition, I copied it into my notebook so that I would not make the same mistakes.

小ちいさな　間違まちがい　は　気き　に　しないで　ください。chiisana machigai wa ki ni shinaide kudasai.

Please don't mind small mistakes.

人間にんげん　は　間違まちがい　を　します。ningen wa machigai o shimasu.

Human beings make mistakes.

その　噂うわさ　は　間違まちがい　でした。sono uwasa wa machigai deshita.

That rumor was wrong.

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