► 名詞
手抜き [てぬき] meaning: cut corners rank: 2
☆ 手抜き工事のために建物は倒壊した ⇨ 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が起こった ⇨ The accident happened because he had cut corners
- 彼の手抜きのせいでこんなことになって何とも腹立たしい ⇨ It is extremely annoying that we are in this hole because he cut corners
- 彼の手抜きを私が批判すると彼は逆上した ⇨ When I criticised his cutting corners, he became very hostile
- 彼等は完成を急ぐ余り手抜きをした ⇨ They were in such a hurry to complete the work, they cut corners
- 大体お前が手抜きをしなければこんな事にはならなかった ⇨ If you hadn’t cut corners in the first place, none of this wouldn’t have happened