人ひと手で不ぶ足そく

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

labor shortage; shortage of workers

Refers to a lack of available workers, often in a business or industry context.

手てが足たりないN2
人手不足 is a formal noun meaning 'labor shortage', often used in business or economic contexts, while 手が足りない is a casual spoken expression for the same situation.
無む人じんN1
人手不足 is the common modern term for a labor shortage, while 無人 (read ぶにん/むにん) is a rare, old-fashioned word for the same idea.
手て薄うす
人手不足 spells out 'labor shortage' explicitly, whereas 手薄 is a shorter, slightly softer way to say a place or team is shorthanded.
猫ねこの手ても借かりたいN1
人手不足 is a neutral noun meaning 'labor shortage,' whereas 猫の手も借りたい is a colorful figurative expression conveying the same idea of desperate understaffing.

Compound of 人手 (ひとで, 'workers, hands') and 不足 (ふそく, 'shortage, insufficiency').