- 〔言い誤る〕 ((make)) a slip of the tongue;〔特に社交的・外交的なもの〕 ((commit)) a gaffe [ɡǽf]
失言する say something one shouldn't; make an inappropriate remark
- 失言を取り消す
- retract [take back] an inappropriate remark
- 失言の多い大臣
- a gaffe-prone minister
- 大臣の度重なる失言
- the minister's repeated gaffes