誤る (ayamaru)
誤る (あやまる, ayamaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to make a mistake (in); to commit an error”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あやまる
- Romaji
- ayamaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to do incorrectly; to err · godan verb, transitive
- to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be false; to be mistaken · godan verb, intransitive · as 誤った or 誤っている
- to mislead; to misguide; to lead astray · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 誤る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 誤る | あやまる ayamaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 誤ります | あやまります ayamarimasu |
| Negative | 誤らない | あやまらない ayamaranai |
| Polite negative | 誤りません | あやまりません ayamarimasen |
| Past | 誤った | あやまった ayamatta |
| Polite past | 誤りました | あやまりました ayamarimashita |
| Negative past | 誤らなかった | あやまらなかった ayamaranakatta |
| Te-form | 誤って | あやまって ayamatte |
| Potential | 誤れる | あやまれる ayamareru |
| Passive | 誤られる | あやまられる ayamarareru |
| Causative | 誤らせる | あやまらせる ayamaraseru |
| Volitional | 誤ろう | あやまろう ayamarou |
| Imperative | 誤れ | あやまれ ayamare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 誤れば | あやまれば ayamareba |
Kanji in 誤る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 誤る.
Source: JMdict entry 1271300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.