過ちを改める

あやまちをあらためる

to correct a fault

過ちを犯す

あやまちをおかす

to make an error

過ち

あやまち

fault, error, indiscretion, faux pas

度を過ぎる

どをすぎる

to go too far; to go to excess

打ち過ぎる

うちすぎる

to pass by (time), to hit too much

育ち過ぎる

そだちすぎる

to be overgrown

過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂う

あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという

to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)

過ちを観て斯に仁を知る

あやまちをみてここにじんをしる

to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

文を付ける

あやをつける

to make a false accusation

過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという

あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという

a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake

文句を付ける

もんくをつける

to complain, to lodge a complaint

注文をつける

ちゅうもんをつける

to order (someone to do something)

文句をつける

もんくをつける

to complain; to lodge a complaint

穿ち過ぎ

うがちすぎ

reading too much into things

過ぎる

すぎる

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond

過疎る

かそる

to lose population (e.g. of active forum members, etc.)

文字落ち

もじおち

missing character

文を組み立てる

ぶんをくみたてる

to construct a sentence

過失を許す

かしつをゆるす

to forgive a person for their error, to forgive someone for their mistake