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    3. 手抜き

    手抜き

    手て抜ぬき​

    omitting crucial steps

    KMT8News #20+1Work & CareerKanji Vocab15 strokes

    手抜

    てぬき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    omitting crucial steps, cutting corners, skimping
    2.
    intentional negligence

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    3.
    tenuki, making a move which is not a direct counter to one's opponent's last move
    go

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは仕し事ごとで手て抜ぬきをした。

    He cut corners at work.

    KMT7Work & Career
    手て抜ぬき工こう事じが原げん因いんで事じ故こが起おきた。

    An accident occurred due to shoddy construction (cutting corners).

    KMT8Work & CareerDaily Life
    手て抜ぬき料りょう理りでも、美お味いしく作つくれる工く夫ふうがある。

    Even with quick-and-easy cooking (cutting corners), there are ways to make it delicious.

    KMT8Food & DiningDaily Life
    顧こ客きゃくからの信しん頼らいを失うしなわないためにも、手て抜ぬきは絶ぜっ対たいに避さけるべきだ。

    To avoid losing customer trust, cutting corners should absolutely be avoided.

    KMT8Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    品ひん質しつを維い持じするためには、どんなに忙いそがしくても手て抜ぬきは許ゆるされない。

    To maintain quality, cutting corners is not allowed, no matter how busy you are.

    KMT9Work & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    抜
    ぬ.く・-ぬ.く・ぬ.き・ぬ.ける・ぬ.かす・ぬ.かる…(4)
    slip out・extract・pull out・pilfer・quote…(2)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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