迂闊

うかつ

Also written 迂濶

Meanings

1. な-adjective careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent; incautious

Kanji

• 迂 roundabout way. Read as ウ.
• 闊 wide. Read as カツ.

Example sentences

• 私の車の鍵をなくすとは君もうかつだったね。
  It was careless of you to lose my car key.
• 車の中に鍵を忘れるとは君はうかつだった。
  It was careless of you to leave the key in your car.
• メーカーの謳い文句を迂闊に信じてはいけない。
  You mustn't carelessly believe the maker's motto.
• 私もうかつだったわ。
  I should've known better.
• お前もうかつだったな。
  You should've known better.

Words containing 迂闊

• 迂闊千万 (うかつせんばん) very careless

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