ミスる ( = misuru) and other coined verbs

「ゆかり、またうっかりミスがあったよ。」

= Yukari mata ukkari misu ga attayo.

= Yukari, you made another careless mistake.

「すみません…」

= Sumimasen…

= I’m sorry…

I have been giving my Twitter followers a daily quiz.

The other day, I gave them a translation exercise, and they didn’t seem to know some of the words. Today I’ll make lessons out of the key words.

The first one is ミスる =  misuru

ミス (= misu) means a mistake, a blob

Synonyms :

noun : 失敗 ( = shippai)→ verb : 失敗する ( = shippai suru),

noun :間違い  ( = machigai)→ verb : 間違える ( = machigaeru)

noun :へま ( = hema)→ verb : へまをする   ( = hema wo suru)

noun :しくじり  ( = shikujiri) → verb : しくじる ( = shikujiru)

ミス ( = misu) came from an English word, “to miss” or “a mistake”

*ミスがある = misu ga aru = There is a mistake

*ミスがない = misu ga nai = There are no mistakes

*ミスをする = misu wo suru = to make a mistake, to make a boo-boo

*ミスを犯す = misu wo okasu = to make a mistake

Ex. ミスが一杯ある。

= Misu ta ippai aru.

= There are a lot of mistakes.

As you can see in the picture,

:yy: うっかりミス ( = ukkari misu)  is a careless (thoughtless) mistake.

Ex. うっかりミスをなくさないといけません!

= Ukkari misu wo nakusanai to ikemasen!

= You have to prevent making careless mistakes.

Ex. これはうっかりミスだ。

= Kore wa ukkari misu da.

= This is a careless mistake.

Serious mistake is called

:rrrr: 重大ミス

= juudai misu

= a blunder, serious mistake

Ex. 重要な仕事だからくれぐれもミスのないように。

= Juuyouna shigoto dakara kuregure mo misu no nai you ni.

= This is a very important job so please be careful not to make any careless mistakes.

Now we shorten it and say ミスる  ( = misuru)  in colloquial Japanese.

Ex. 仕事でミスった。

= Shigoto de misutta.

= I made a mistake at work.

Ex. 今日はぼうっとしていてミスってばかりだ。

= Kyou wa boutto shiteite misutte bakarida.

= I have been spaced out all day, and I’ve kept making mistakes.

So now go back to the quiz I made for Twitter,

 「ミスっちゃった! 」

= Misucchatta!

Means

:l: I made a boo-boo!!

We have more coined verb like this.

We have already studied

:w: ググる = guguru ←Google

= to google

:w: サボる = saboru  ←sabotage

= to skip school or work on purpose or to be lazy

I will teach you some new ones. Are you ready?

:kkk: トラブる = traburu  ←trouble

:rrrr: to have troubles.

Ex. ちょっとトラブったので遅れます。

= Chotto torabutta node okuremasu.

= I am having a little trouble so I’ll be late.

:s: デコる = dekoru ←decoration

:rrrr: to decorate

Ex. 携帯、自分でデコっちゃった。

= Keitai jibun de dekocchatta.

= I decorated my cell phone by myself.

:ii: メモる = memoru ←memo(randum)

:rrrr: to take a note, to write down !memomemo!

Ex. いいの?メモらなくて。

= Iino? Memoranakute?

= You don’t want to take notes?

Ex. ちょっとメモっておくわ。

= Chotto memotte oku wa.

= I will write it down.

!yflower! タクる = takuru ←taxi

:rrrr:to take a taxi

Ex. もう最終出たからタクって帰る。

= Mou saishuu detakara takutte kaeru.

= The last (train or bus) has already left so I will take a taxi home.

:w: ハモる (= hamoru ) ← harmony

:rrrr: to harmonize

We use it when we sing together.

Ex. よくハモってたね。

= Yoku hamotte tane.

= You harmonized very well.

:k: ダブる = daburu ← double

:rrrr: to have the same two things by chance

Ex. 昨日買ったものと同じ本をもらったの。ダブったから1冊あげる。

= Kinou katta mono to onaji hon wo morattano. Dabuttakara issatsu ageru.

= I got the same book that I bought yesterday. Since I have two now, I’ll give you one.

:mm: パニクる = panikuru ← panic

:rrrr: to get panicked.

Ex. 今日は、抜き打ちテストがありみんなパニクってた。

= Kyou wa nukiuchi tesuto  ga ari minna panikutteta.

= We had a pop quiz and everybody panicked.

These are not originally from foreign words but they are coined verbs as well.

!yflower! テンパる = tenparu

:rrrr: to get nervous (from mah-jong term)

Ex. 何テンパってるの?

= Nani tenpatteru no?

= Why are you so nervous?

!yflower! コクる = kokuru ←告白する = kokuhaku suru

:rrrr: to confess, to tell someone that you love him/her for the first time.

I have mentioned in my 愛している = aishiteiru lesson

Ex. 彼女にコクったら断わられた。

= Kanojo ni kokuttara kotowarareta.

= I told her how I feel (for the first time), and she turned me down.

!yflower!   事故る = jikoru 事故を起こす = jiko wo okosu, 事故に遭う = jiko ni au

:rrrr: to have a car accident

Ex. 今、事故っちゃったからこれから警察に行きます。

= Ima jikocchattakara korekara keisatsu ni ikimasu.

= I just got into a car accident, so I will go to the police now.


  :kkk: きょどる = kyodoru ← 挙動不審 ( =  kyosou fushin)

= to act or behave suspiciously,  in a strange way

Ex.あの人、きょどってたな。

= Aitsu ano toki kanpeki ni kyodottetana.

= He was acting weird…


マギー先生より = Maggie Sensei yori = From Maggie Sensei

今日のレッスンは如何でしたか?

= Kyou no ressun wa ikaga deshitaka?

= How did you like today’s lesson?

ちゃんとメモってね。

= Chanto memotte ne.

= Please take notes, OK?

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18 Comments

  1. Hi!! Maggie Sensei!! !BOO!! !BOO!!

    what’s the meaning of this? is formal speech?

    verb stem + koto nasaru (example. kami ga moe koto nasaru)

    Thanks…

    PS: Sorry for putting the question anywhere…

    1. @Veron

      Hi Veron,
      なさる(=nasaru) is an honorific way to say する(=suru) verb
      I don’t quite get your example sentence but for example

      どんなことをしているのですか?
      = Donna koto wo shite iru no desuka?
      = What do you do? / what do you do for a living?
      →(more polite)
      どんなことをなさっているのですか?
      = Donna koto wo nasatte iru nodesuka?

  2. I just want to say “thank you” for making and keeping this Site.
    You are helping me improving my english and japanese.
    I am honestly wishing the “Maggie Sensei”-Team (and Maggie) the very best.

    God bless you

    with kind regards
    Zeki
    (Germany)

    1. @Zeki

      Ohhhh Thank you so much for your nice comment!!
      Just to know that someone in Germany has been studying my lessons made my day.
      I will try to make more and more lessons!!
      Danke schön!

  3. はい、全部分かりました。どうもありがとう!^^
    大丈夫です。レッスンを楽しみに待っています!

  4. 久しぶりです!
    ヤフるという言葉もありますね!でも、ヤフーをもう使う人が少ないでしょうね。というか、ググルに比べると。^^;

    質問があるんですが、「~たら」と「~ば」の違いを説明するレッスンを作りましたか?見つけませんでした><;
    いつ「when…」という意味として「~たら」を使ってもいいのか分からないんです。

    ほかの質問は日本語じゃうまく説明できませんので、英語で聞きます。
    Is できる almost always interchangeable with 作る to mean "to make"?
    Like 友達を作る = 友達ができる (make friends)?

    1. @Harin

      本当にお久しぶりです!お元気でしたか?
      “ヤフる” もありますよ。(「ググる」のレッスンでも紹介しています。)でもおっしゃる通り、ググるの方がよく使われます。
      ”〜たら”のレッスンはまだ作っていません。でも他にも聞いてきた人がいるので近いうちにレッスンを作りますね。今、いろいろなリクエストが来ているのでちょっとお時間下さい。

      As for the last question, できる and 作る are not always interchangeable.
      友達を作る and 友達ができる are both translated as “to make friends” but できた has more feeling of achievement like “I got a friend”, “I could make a friend!”.

      Ex. 小学校に入ったら友達が出来るかなあ。

      You can’t replace 出来る with 作る here.

      When you made a cake, you will say 出来た!or 作った!and both are translated as I made it but
      but again when you say “出来た!” you show more feelings of achievement.

      Hum.. I wonder if I answered your question…

  5. Another great lesson マギー先生:)But about うっかりミス、it says in my dictionary that it can also mean “an honest mistake” so couldn’t the above caption also b. “Yukari, you’ve made another honest mistake”, but that doesn’t make much sense:/

    Anyway, it was a great lesson:)がんばってや!!!

    1. @ゾモチ
      We usually use うっかりミス as careless mistakes.
      “honest mistake”means “unintentional” mistake, right?
      So either way, Yukari has to pay attention more and shouldn’t make any careless mistakes. Because she always does. :)
      Thank you for visiting the site again!

  6. There were some new ones on here I didn’t know before! I’ve also heard these but I don’t know how often they’re used:
    マクる: to go to mcdonalds
    オケる: to go to karaoke
    ハゲる: to go to ハーゲンダッツ(I can’t spell it in English 笑)
    マギー先生は聞いたことありますか?

    1. @polyphone

      Haha! I have never heard them actually used but ハゲよう! sounds funny! You can create your own word as well!
      Ex. マギる = magiru! = to go visit Maggie Sensei’s site! :lol:
      Thank you for teaching me new words!

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