Translation guide
Describes writing done quickly, often with negative connotations of carelessness or messiness. Covers both the act of writing hastily and the resulting product.
To describe messy, hurried handwriting or scribbling.
To describe a piece of writing (e.g., a letter, report) produced quickly and without much care.
A straightforward phrase meaning 'something written in a hurry'. Natural and neutral.
これは急いで書いたものだから、誤字があるかもしれない。
This is hasty writing, so there might be typos.
To describe the action of writing quickly without care.
The most direct and neutral way to say 'write hastily'.
急いで書いたので、字が汚い。
I wrote it hastily, so my handwriting is messy.
Directly translating 'hasty writing' as 急な書き物 or 速い書き方 is unnatural. Use the expressions above instead.
Literally 'running writing'. Refers to hurried, often illegible handwriting. Common and natural.
彼の走り書きは読めない。
I can't read his hasty writing.
メモは走り書きだった。
The notes were scribbled hastily.
Literally 'hitting writing'. Implies rough, violent-looking scribbling. Stronger than 走り書き.
怒りで殴り書きした。
I scribbled angrily.
Formal term for messy handwriting, often used in apologies like 'please excuse my poor handwriting'.
乱筆をお許しください。
Please excuse my hasty writing.
Literally 'clumsy speed'. Refers to doing something quickly but poorly. Can describe hasty writing.
拙速な文章で失礼します。
I apologize for the hasty writing.
Verb form of 走り書き. To scribble or jot down quickly.
電話番号を走り書きした。
I scribbled down the phone number.