誤り

あやまり · ayamari · JLPT N3 · noun

mistake

ayamari sounds like 謝り (apology): an error earns an apology

誤り and 謝り are both read ayamari: first the mistake, then the apology. The kanji 誤 = 言 (words) + 呉, a component that originally showed a tilted head, so it means words gone askew.

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