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杜撰ずさん (zusan)

careless; slipshod

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杜撰 (ずさん, zusan) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “careless; slipshod”.

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Example sentences 10

経営けいえいがずさんだったため会社かいしゃは倒産とうさんした

The company went bankrupt because of careless management.

そんな杜撰な方法で、ある男性(50歳)が犯人とされた。

A 50-year-old man was made out to be the culprit through such a sloppy method.

1992年、杜撰な資金計画による社殿改築・境内整備が破綻し、破産宣告を受ける。

The failure of the projects to rebuild the shrine's main building and maintain the precinct under a faulty financial plan resulted in the shrine being declared bankrupt in 1992.

トニーは人ひとを雇やとい、もっと客きゃくを掴つかみ、仕事しごとをより早はやくずさんにやれば、もっと金かねもうけができると思おもったのだ。

Tony realized that if he hired another crew, got more customers and did the job quicker and sloppier, he could make more money.

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