I wonder, what term 詰めの甘さ could mean? The whole sentense is: 三種の器に入れてもらえなかった詰めの甘さなのだろうか
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Have you looked up 詰めが甘い?– user1478Commented Aug 13, 2014 at 11:26
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Yes, i found only "slack". So, it turns out that 詰めの甘さ means "weakness". But it doesn't make too much sense...– user6677Commented Aug 13, 2014 at 11:33
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「[詰]{つ}め」 originally means "checkmating" in Japanese board games. From that, we often use the word to refer to the "final stage" or "final move" in all kinds of things.
「[甘]{あま}い」 here does not mean "sweet". It means "not severe", "permissive", etc. If you were being permissive or lenient at the final stage of a game of chess or something, you would not be likely to win.
「詰めの甘さ」, therefore, means "one's tendency to slack off at the end of something".