そつ
Also written ソツ
Meanings
- Noun slip-up; mistake; fault; error; oversight (usu. in negative sentence) See also: そつのない.
- waste; needless expense
Example sentences
- あの人はそつの無い人だ。
He's a man who doesn't make mistakes. - さまざまな才能に恵まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす姉にとって、平々凡々たる俺の存在はひどく許せないものらしい。
For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive. - 仕事をそつなくこなすことを会社は求めていることはわかります。
I know companies are looking for work carried out flawlessly. - トムは、何を頼んでもそつなくこなすことができます。
Tom can do anything you ask him to do flawlessly.