Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 誤訳(ごやく) in Japanese

誤訳
Kana Reading
ごやく
Romaji
goyaku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    mistranslation
    Example sentence
    細かい意訳誤訳は気にしないでください。 Please don't worry about the finer details of free vs mis-translation.

Examples of 誤訳, ごやく in a sentence

Kanji in this word

誤 JLPT 3

14 strokes

mistake, err, do wrong, mislead

On'Yomi: ゴ

Kun'Yomi: あやま.る, -あやま.る

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訳 JLPT 1

11 strokes

translate, reason, circumstance, case

On'Yomi: ヤク

Kun'Yomi: わけ

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