手て出だし

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

meddling; interfering

Used for unwanted involvement in others' affairs. Often appears in negative requests or prohibitions.

余よ計けいな手て出だしはしないでください。
Please don't meddle unnecessarily.
彼かれはいつも人ひとのことに手て出だしをする。
He always interferes in other people's business.

noun

choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one (mahjong)

mahjong

Mahjong term. Contrasts with ツモ切り (discarding the drawn tile).

Written forms

手て出だしUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling.
手てだしUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

手hand
出exit, leave, go out

Similar words

ツモ切ぎり
In mahjong, ツモ切り means discarding the tile you just drew, while 手出し means keeping the drawn tile and discarding a different one from your hand.

Etymology

Compound of 手 (hand) and 出し (noun form of 出す, to put out). Literally 'putting out a hand', extended to mean interfering or, in mahjong, playing a tile from one's hand.