in the wrong

悪くて、非があって

悪い行いをしたり、問題を起こしたりした責任があること。

やさしい英語で： Responsible for doing something bad or causing a problem.

• You were in the wrong.
• The driver admitted he was in the wrong.
• Both sides were in the wrong during that argument.

使い方： be in the wrong (I knew I was in the wrong and apologized.)

類義語： at fault, to blame, guilty

反対語： blameless

よく使う表現： be in the wrong, clearly in the wrong, in the wrong here

間違って、誤って

考えが間違っていたり、誤った答えを出していたりすること。

やさしい英語で： Having a mistaken idea or giving an incorrect answer.

• I was in the wrong about the date.
• The records showed that he was in the wrong.
• Were we in the wrong about what the word meant?

使い方： be in the wrong about something (She was in the wrong about the total.)

類義語： wrong, mistaken, incorrect

反対語： correct

よく使う表現： be in the wrong, clearly in the wrong, in the wrong again