せっせと
N2 sesseto
- diligently
- assiduously
- industriously
- beavering away
adverb
Chinese meanings
勤快地;努力地
Examples
- 彼女はせっせと編み物に精を出していた。She was busy with her knitting.她勤奋地织着东西。
- 彼はせっせと試験準備をしている。He is busy preparing for the examination.他正努力准备考试。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0011c40f28'); // せっせと
{
"id": "0011c40f28",
"word": "せっせと",
"reading": "せっせと",
"romaji": "sesseto",
"meanings": [
"diligently",
"assiduously",
"industriously",
"beavering away"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 2008620,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女はせっせと編み物に精を出していた。",
"furigana": "{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。",
"en": "She was busy with her knitting.",
"tatoeba_id": 92651
},
{
"ja": "彼はせっせと試験準備をしている。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はせっせと{試験|しけん}{準備|じゅんび}をしている。",
"en": "He is busy preparing for the examination.",
"tatoeba_id": 113280
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "e666ba76aa68ac02aafe83f473b7bae8556856622f1d9755c96a6e458a6ad4d8",
"meanings": [
"勤快地",
"努力地"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女はせっせと編み物に精を出していた。",
"zh": "她勤奋地织着东西。"
},
{
"ja": "彼はせっせと試験準備をしている。",
"zh": "他正努力准备考试。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/0011c40f28",
"JMdict ent_seq 2008620; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "9a7e2de7828b5ea0005d8e492322b2243f2b732b2f1722b56437e05da80870e3"
}
}