過ち(P);誤ち | [あやまち, ayamachi] (n) fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ | [あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ, ayamachitehasunawachiaratamurunihabakarukotonakare] (exp) do not delay to make amends for one's wrongs [Add to Longdo] |
過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂う;過ちて改めざる是を過ちという;過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという | [あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという, ayamachitearatamezarukorewoayamachitoiu] (exp, v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius) [Add to Longdo] |
過ちを改める | [あやまちをあらためる, ayamachiwoaratameru] (exp, v1) to correct a fault [Add to Longdo] |
過ちを観て斯に仁を知る | [あやまちをみてここにじんをしる, ayamachiwomitekokonijinwoshiru] (exp, v5r) to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not [Add to Longdo] |
過ちを犯す | [あやまちをおかす, ayamachiwookasu] (exp, v5s) to make an error [Add to Longdo] |
過ちを文る | [あやまちをかざる, ayamachiwokazaru] (exp, v5r) to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only [Add to Longdo] |