不注意(ふちゅうい)

ふちゅうい
noun / na-adjective
carelessness; inattention
1. carelessness; inattention; negligence
A lack of care or attention that may lead to mistakes or accidents. Used both as a noun and as a na-adjective to describe careless behavior or a careless person. Composed of 不 (non-) + 注意 (attention).
不注意(ふちゅうい)で転(ころ)んでしまった。
I fell down due to carelessness.
不注意(ふちゅうい)な運転(うんてん)は事故(じこ)の原因(げんいん)になる。
Careless driving causes accidents.
自分(じぶん)の不注意(ふちゅうい)から大切(たいせつ)な書類(しょるい)をなくしてしまった。
I lost important documents due to my own carelessness.

USAGE:
As a noun, 不注意(ふちゅうい) often appears with particles like で (due to) or から (from/because of). As a na-adjective, it modifies nouns directly with な: 不注意(ふちゅうい)な行動(こうどう) (careless behavior).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 不注意(ふちゅうい)による事故(じこ) (accident due to carelessness)
  • 不注意(ふちゅうい)な行動(こうどう) (careless behavior)
  • 不注意(ふちゅうい)で怪我(けが)をする (to get injured from carelessness)
  • 不注意(ふちゅうい)を詫(わ)びる (to apologize for one's carelessness)
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