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Movement & Speed

ざっと

za-tto

Quickly / roughly

Doing something rapidly and without fine detail. A quick sweep, a rough estimate, or a brief overview.

💡Skimming a document before a meeting — 'I za-tto looked through the report.'

Example

書類にざっと目を通した。

I za-tto skimmed through the documents.

Quiz yourself

I ___ glanced over the email before the meeting started.

会議の前に○○とメールに目を通した。

quicklyroughlyskimmingbriefapproximate
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