From this manga panel:
I'm having trouble with understanding「ヘマッたことが多すぎて」
I guess this to be "The messed up things (I did) are too many"
I think ヘマ = blunder, and こと = generic "thing", but I don't understand the ッた between them.
1 Answer
It's the past form of a slangy godan verb ヘマる.
e.g. やる → やった Likewise, へまる → へまった
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Would there be a good resource to look up other slangy verbs I might find in manga? Because I'm not able to find this in my usual JE dictionaries.– DaniMay 22, 2020 at 9:50
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1@Dani It would be good for you to understand how the verb was made, because you’ll come across new verbs made in a similar fashion that won’t be in your dictionary either.– user1478May 22, 2020 at 14:08
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@snailplane From this answer, my guess is it's just adding る to a noun like ヘマ.– DaniMay 22, 2020 at 14:13
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2@Dani Yep, that’s it! :-) Well, there’s a little more to it, but that’s essentially correct: japanese.stackexchange.com/a/24352/1478– user1478May 22, 2020 at 14:17