N21593/1725

せっせと

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverb

Meanings

diligently, assiduously, industriously, beavering away

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょ毎日まいにちせっせと日記にっきいている。

She diligently writes in her diary every day.

工場こうじょう作業員さぎょういんたちはせっせと部品ぶひんてていた。

The factory workers were industriously assembling parts.

試験しけん合格ごうかくするために、かれせっせと勉強べんきょうつづけた。

In order to pass the exam, he kept studying diligently.

アリたちはせっせとものはこんでいる。

The ants are assiduously carrying food to their nest.

祖母そぼまごのためにせっせとセーターをつづけたという。

It is said that my grandmother kept knitting sweaters diligently for her grandchildren.