ついうっかり言わないでおけばいいことを言ってしまった。

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つい うっかり 言わないでおけば いい こと を 言ってしまった 。

English Translation

A foolish impulse made me say what I should have left unsaid.

Furigana

ついうっかり言(い)わないでおけばいいことを言(い)ってしまった。

Romanji

Tsui ukkari iwanaideokeba ii koto o itteshimatta.

Words

つい (つい)

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)

うっかり (うっかり)

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

Kanji

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word