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► 名詞
手抜き  [てぬき]    meaning:  cut corners  rank: 2
☆ 手抜き工事のために建物倒壊した ⇨ The building collapsed because of negligence in construction

手抜き  [てぬき]  [手抜きする]    meaning:  cut corners  rank: 2
☆ 手抜きをするな ⇨ Don’t cut corners


More examples:
  • あいつが手抜きをしたせいで事故こった ⇨ The accident happened because he had cut corners
  • の手抜きのせいでこんなことになってとも腹立たしい ⇨ It is extremely annoying that we are in this hole because he cut corners
  • の手抜きを批判すると逆上した ⇨ When I criticised his cutting corners, he became very hostile
  • 彼等完成余り手抜きをした ⇨ They were in such a hurry to complete the work, they cut corners
  • 大体が手抜きをしなければこんなにはならなかった ⇨ If you hadn’t cut corners in the first place, none of this wouldn’t have happened