Illustration: At a neighborhood café, a customer accidentally nudges a cup toward the edge of a small table while removing her coat. The server beside her reaches across in one quick, smooth movement and catches the cup just as its base leaves the tabletop.

さっと

satto

quickly

Example sentences

彼かれは教室きょうしつをさっと抜ぬけ出だした。
He slipped out of the classroom.
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彼かれは夕刊ゆうかんにさっと目めを通とおした。
He looked through the evening paper.
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彼女かのじょは服ふくをさっと着きた。
She slipped into her clothes.
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