杜撰

• 読み: ずさん
• ローマ字: zusan
• 漢字の分解: 杜 (zu/to) — (proper name element); 撰 (san/sen) — compose, compile
• 発音: /zɯ.saɴ/

意味

Careless; sloppy; faulty. Describing work or management done without proper care or attention.

A na-adjective and noun describing negligent, slipshod work or management. Carries a strongly critical tone — implying that errors resulted from lack of diligence rather than difficulty. Common collocations: 杜撰な管理 (sloppy management), 杜撰な計画 (careless planning), 杜撰な対応 (sloppy handling). Takes な before nouns.

例文

1. 杜撰な管理体制が事故の原因だった。
2. 経理の杜撰さが監査で指摘された。
3. 杜撰な計画のせいでプロジェクトが失敗した。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, news, criticism

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

Attributed to the Song-dynasty Chinese poet 杜黙 (Du Mo), whose poetry was said to violate metrical rules. 撰 means 'compose/compile.' The compound came to mean 'full of errors' — like poorly composed poetry — and was borrowed into Japanese with the meaning of careless, sloppy work.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal