Last Updated:2025/11/23
(transitive, idiomatic) To behave in a manner which favours or which is biased toward. / To choose which mistake (err) will be perpetuated when all available options would result in different mistakes.
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err on the side of
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Source Word
err on the side of
Verb
idiomatic
transitive
Japanese Meaning
(状況に応じ、判断や行動が)一方へ偏っている、あるいは一方を意図的に重視する / 複数の選択肢がいずれも誤りを生む場合、より望ましい、もしくは許容範囲の誤りを選択して対応する
( present singular third-person )
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