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JLPT N2 · Adverb

せっせと (sesseto)

せっせと is a Japanese adverb meaning “diligently; assiduously”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
せっせと
Romaji
sesseto
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away · adverb · onomatopoeia / mimetic

Example sentences

彼女はせっせと編み物に精を出していた。
She was busy with her knitting.
Tatoeba #92651

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 2008620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.