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Emotion & Feeling

あくせく

akuseku

Frantically busy

Working restlessly and anxiously, often without much to show for it. Implies a hectic life without fulfillment.

💡Working overtime every day — 'He's been akuseku at work with no end in sight.'

Example

毎日あくせくと働いている。

I'm working akuseku frantically every day.

Quiz yourself

Instead of living ___, I want to enjoy life at my own pace.

○○するより、自分のペースで生きたい。

franticbusyrestlesstoilingunfulfilling
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