Tenuki

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手抜き (Tenuki) is a Japanese noun meaning “omitting crucial steps, cutting corners, skimping, intentional negligence”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbomitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbintentional negligence
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtenuki; making a move which is not a direct counter to one's opponent's last move

Kanji in 手抜き

handslip out

Related words

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