失言

しつげん

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

Kanji

• 失 lose. Read as シツ.
• 言 word. Read as ゲン.

Example sentences

• 失言は政治家には命取りとなることがある。
  A slip of the tongue is sometimes fatal to a politician.
• どれだけ成績が優秀でも失言が多くて困る。
  No matter how good his grades are, he struggles to keep his foot out of his mouth.
• 申し訳ありません。失言でした。
  I'm sorry about what I said. I was out of order.

Words containing 失言

• 年中失言 (ねんじゅうしつげん) always saying the wrong thing

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists