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JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

うっかり

ukkari

carelessly, inadvertently

Example sentences

  1. うっかりそれを忘わすれるところだったわ。

    I almost forgot all about that.

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  2. ついうっかり花瓶かびんを落おとしてしまった。

    I carelessly dropped a vase.

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  3. うっかり間違まちがいを犯おかした。

    I made a careless mistake.

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