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うっかり is an exact match with one form of the following word:
うっかり
BOOST
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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うっかり is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 33,000 (about 17,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2114 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
みな
わたし
うっかりした
まちが
間違
める
です
Everybody blames me for my careless mistake.
ついうっかりして
かびん
花瓶
としてしまった

I carelessly dropped a vase.
ついうっかり
わないでおけば
いいこと
ってしまった

A foolish impulse made me say what I should have left unsaid.
ウッカリ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 139,000 (about 665,000 results)
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