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.
Literally 'running writing'. Refers to hurried, often illegible handwriting. Common and natural.
I can't read his hasty writing.
The notes were scribbled hastily.
Literally 'hitting writing'. Implies rough, violent-looking scribbling. Stronger than 走り書き.
I scribbled angrily.
Formal term for messy handwriting, often used in apologies like 'please excuse my poor handwriting'.
Please excuse my hasty writing.
To describe a piece of writing (e.g., a letter, report) produced quickly and without much care.
To describe the action of writing quickly without care.
Directly translating 'hasty writing' as 急な書き物 or 速い書き方 is unnatural. Use the expressions above instead.
拙速な文章で失礼します。
I apologize for the hasty writing.
I scribbled down the phone number.