032Japanese proverb ことわざ
急いては事を仕損じる
せいてはことをしそんじるSeite wa koto o shisonjiru
“Haste ruins the work.”
The meaning
Rushing damages what it touches: botched gestures, missed details, ill-weighed decisions. Slowing by one breath is often enough to change everything.
At the origin
A traditional proverb, Japan's counterpart of "haste makes waste".
The characters
- 急いて seitein haste
- は watopic marker
- 事
- を
- 仕損じる
はParticleMarks the topic: what the sentence is about — “as for…”.
In practice
When everything is urgent, pause ten seconds before the next gesture.