WORD DETAIL
拙速
せっそく
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
拙速(せっそく)describes work done quickly but roughly or with inadequate care. - Basic usage: It can criticize a decision made without enough consideration, as in
拙速な判断.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Not speed alone
- Unlike
迅速, which emphasizes prompt action,拙速includes an element of rough or inadequate execution.
- Unlike
- Modifier forms
- Use
拙速なwith a noun and拙速にwith a verb.拙速に進めるdescribes a slapdash way of moving something forward.
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