Word details

うかつ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word うかつ.

Dictionary

Entry

かつ迂闊迂濶~な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #8442
1

careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent; incautious

Examples
そんな事をするとはうかつだった。
It was careless of me to do something like that.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

roundabout way

7 strokesGrade 9

On

wide

17 strokesFrequency 2,406

On

カツ

Kun

ひろ.い

wide

17 strokes

On

カツ

Kun

ひろ.い

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