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単語

• 誤用misuse / incorrect usage
• 重複表現redundant expression
• 二重否定double negative
• ら抜き言葉ra-omission words
• さ入れ言葉sa-insertion words
• 的を射るto hit the mark (correct)
• 敷居が高いhesitant to visit (correct)
• 確信犯deliberate offender (correct)
• 役不足role too small (correct)
• 情けは人の為ならずkindness returns to you
• 慣用句の誤用misuse of set phrases
• 誤字脱字typos and missing characters

表現

• よく間違えられる表現Expressions that are often used incorrectly
• 本来の意味とは異なるDifferent from the original meaning
• 誤用が定着しつつあるThe misuse is becoming established
• 正しい日本語を心がけるTo strive for correct Japanese
• 言葉の乱れを嘆くTo lament the corruption of language
• 辞書で確認する習慣をつけるTo build the habit of checking the dictionary

よくある間違い

• ✗役不足 meaning not good enough for the role
  ✓役不足 means the role is too easy/small for the person

  Most people use this backwards; 力不足 is the correct term for someone who is inadequate for a role

• ✗敷居が高い meaning something is high-level
  ✓敷居が高い means feeling ashamed to return to a place

  The original meaning is about guilt or obligation, not difficulty; ハードルが高い means high difficulty

• ✗確信犯 meaning someone who knowingly does wrong
  ✓確信犯 originally means someone who commits a crime out of political/religious conviction

  The popular usage (intentional wrongdoing) has overtaken the original legal/political meaning

• ✗頭痛が痛い (redundant: headache is painful)
  ✓Simply say 頭痛がする or 頭が痛い

  痛 already means pain in 頭痛; adding 痛い creates redundancy, like saying painful pain

• ✗的を得る instead of 的を射る
  ✓的を射る (to shoot/hit the mark) is the correct form

  While 的を得る has become widely used, the traditional correct expression uses 射る (to shoot at)

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