うっかり

うっかり · ukkari · JLPT N3 · adverb

carelessly

ukkari sounds like oops, carry: you carried it off without thinking

うっかり is a Japanese mimetic word for a lapse of attention. It is close to うかうか, meaning absent-mindedly. You will often hear it in うっかりする (to slip up) and うっかりミス (a careless mistake).

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