うっかり

carelessly; inadvertently

What does うっかり mean?

うっかり is a Japanese noun meaning carelessly; inadvertently in English. It is written as うっかり in hiragana, and ukkari in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

うっかりそれを忘れるところだったわ。

I almost forgot all about that.