せっせと

せっせと · sesseto · JLPT N2 · adverb

busily

🐜 せっせ = diligent, hurried work + と = adverb ending, so せっせと = busily

Ants are the classic busy workers. The particle と turns せっせ into an adverb, as in せっせと働く (work away busily).

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