wet hands
Refers to hands that are wet. Often appears in the proverb 濡れ手で粟 (ぬれてであわ), meaning 'easy profit' or 'making a profit without effort', likened to grabbing millet with wet hands.
Please don't touch your smartphone with wet hands.
'Wet hands with millet' is a metaphor for gaining profit without effort.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, also used.
Compound of 濡れ (nure, 'wet', the 連用形 of 濡れる) and 手 (te, 'hand').