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杜撰

杜撰

Chinese

Du (surname) compose; compile
simp. and trad.
(杜撰)
Literally: “written by Du (Mo)”.

Verb

杜撰

  1. to fabricate; to forge; to make up

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
さん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

杜撰 (-na inflection, hiragana ずさん, romaji zusan)

  1. sloppy, careless

Inflection

Noun

杜撰 (hiragana ずさん, romaji zusan)

  1. sloppiness, carelessness

References

  1. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Leaner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, ISBN 978-4-7674-2305-0.