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急いては事を仕損じるよ。もう少々慎重に。

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急いて 仕損じる もう 少々 慎重

English Translation

Be more careful. Rushing through things is going to ruin your work.

Furigana

(いそ)いては(こと)仕損(しそん)じるよ。もう少々(しょうしょう)慎重(しんちょう)に。

Romanji

Isoite wa koto o shisonjiru yo. mō shōshō shinchō ni.

Words

急ぐ (いそぐ)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
仕損じる (しそんじる)
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!
もう (もう)
now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)
少々 (しょうしょう)
just a minute; small quantity
慎重 (しんちょう)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

Kanji

Readings: キュウ、 いそ.ぐ、 いそ.ぎ
Meanings: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ソン、 そこ.なう、 そこな.う、 -そこ.なう、 そこ.ねる、 -そこ.ねる
Meanings: damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: シン、 つつし.む、 つつし、 つつし.み
Meanings: humility, be careful, discreet, prudent
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold