Shouldn’t grow on you

短慮軽率
tan.ryo.kei.sotsu

Literally: short – consider – light – proportion

Alternately: Deciding things without considering the consequences or results. Impulsive; unthinking. Rash.

Notes: This four-character compound comprises compound adjectival nouns 短慮, “imprudence,” “quick temper,” and 軽率, “hasty,” “rash.” The order of these elements may be reversed at times.

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