Illustration: In the laundry room of a small Japanese inn, an employee steadily folds freshly washed hand towels. Their hands are already turning the corners of the next towel while several neat stacks stand completed beside them. A large basket still holds unfolded towels, making the repeated work clear.

せっせと

sesseto

diligently, busily

Example sentences

彼女かのじょはせっせと編あみ物ものに精せいを出だしていた。
She was busy with her knitting.
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彼かれはせっせと試験準備しけんじゅんびをしている。
He is busy preparing for the examination.
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アリは夏なつじゅうせっせとはたらく。
Ants work away during summer.
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