手て落おち

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Meanings

Refers to an unintentional failure to do something that should have been done, often due to carelessness or inattention. Common in formal contexts like business or official procedures.

書しょ類るいに手て落おちがあり、再さい提てい出しゅつを求もとめられた。
There was an oversight in the documents, and I was asked to resubmit them.
手て落おちのないように、もう一いち度ど確かく認にんしてください。
Please check again so that there are no omissions.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に手て落おちがあるthere is an oversight in (a matter)
今こん回かいの対たい応おうには手て落おちがあったと認みとめます。
We admit there was an oversight in how this was handled.
手て落おちのないようにso as to avoid any oversight
手て落おちのないように、もう一いち度ど確かく認にんしてください。
Please check once more so there is no oversight.
手て落おちを認みとめるto admit an oversight
会かい社しゃは手て続つづき上じょうの手て落おちを認みとめた。
The company admitted there was an oversight in the procedure.
手て落おちを詫わびるto apologize for an oversight
担たん当とう者しゃは説せつ明めい不ぶ足そくによる手て落おちを詫わびた。
The person in charge apologized for the oversight caused by insufficient explanation.

Kanji

手hand
落fall, drop, come down

Related words· 6

手て抜ぬかり
手抜かり and 手落ち both mean an oversight, but 手抜かり can imply a more serious lapse of care while 手落ち often describes a simple unintentional slip.
ミスN3
ミス is a casual, general word for any mistake, whereas 手落ち specifically means a careless omission in a formal or procedural context.
過か失しつN2
過失 is a formal, often legal term for negligence or fault, while 手落ち is a softer word for an oversight in handling something.
不ふ注ちゅう意いN1
不注意 describes general carelessness as a trait or cause, while 手落ち refers to the specific resulting omission or mistake.

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見み落おとし
手落ち suggests a procedural lapse or failure in duty, while 見落とし focuses specifically on failing to notice something.
落おち度ど
手落ち is an older, more bureaucratic word for an administrative oversight, close in meaning to 落ち度 but less commonly used today.

Don't confuse with

見み落おとし
見落とし means failing to notice or see something, while 手落ち means failing to properly carry out a necessary step or procedure.

Built from

手て+落おちる

Etymology

Compound of 手 (hand, action) and 落ち (falling, omission), literally 'a dropping of the hand', referring to something missed or overlooked in one's actions.