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Learn Hardcore Japanese: matigai wo suru - to make a mistake

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 53
/machigai o suru

machigai o suru

Word

間ま違ちがい　を　するmachigai o suru

Meaning

to make a mistake

Part of speech

group 3, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of machigai o suru

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.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

急いそいで　書かく　と、　よく　間違まちがい　を　します。isoide kaku to, yoku machigai o shimasu.

When I write in a hurry, I often make mistakes.

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.

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