Illustration: At an Osaka apartment’s dining table, friends gather around an electric takoyaki pan. Most of the batter is still visibly soft, and the cook is only beginning to turn the first pieces.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

せっかち

sekkachi

impatient, hasty

Example sentences

  1. トムはせっかちなんだ。

    Tom is impatient.

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  2. 妹いもうとはせっかちだからよく忘わすれ物ものをする。

    My sister is always in such a hurry that she often leaves things behind.

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  3. トムはちょっとせっかちすぎると思おもう。

    I think Tom is a bit too impatient.

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