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誤る (あやまる): to make a mistake — Japanese vocabulary

誤る is read あやまる and means "to make a mistake". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

誤る

Reading
あやまる · ayamaru
Translation
to make a mistake
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
あやまるが

Example

彼はその機械を誤って使ってこわしてしまった。

かれはそのきかいをあやまってつかってこわしてしまった。

He broke the machine by using it incorrectly.

Kanji in this word

  • 誤 — mistake, error

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