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.
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.
To describe the action of writing quickly without care.
The most direct and neutral way to say 'write hastily'.
Directly translating 'hasty writing' as 急な書き物 or 速い書き方 is unnatural. Use the expressions above instead.
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.
This is hasty writing, so there might be typos.
Literally 'clumsy speed'. Refers to doing something quickly but poorly. Can describe hasty writing.
I apologize for the hasty writing.
I wrote it hastily, so my handwriting is messy.
Verb form of 走り書き. To scribble or jot down quickly.
I scribbled down the phone number.