お手て

noun

hand; arm

Polite form of 手, used when referring to someone else's hand or arm, or in formal contexts.

See also: 手

• お手てを拝はい見けんしてもよろしいですか。

  May I have a look at your hand?

• どうぞお手てをこちらに。

  Please place your hand here.

noun

handwriting; penmanship

Honorific term for someone's handwriting; often used in formal letters or when praising calligraphy.

• 先せん生せいのお手てはとても美うつくしいですね。

  Your handwriting is very beautiful, teacher.

• お手てを拝はい見けんして、とても丁てい寧ねいな字じだと感かんじました。

  Looking at your handwriting, I felt it was very neat.

interjection

paw!; shake!

Command used to tell a dog to offer its paw; equivalent to 'give me your paw' or 'shake'.

See also: おかわり

• 犬いぬに「お手て！」と言いったら、すぐに前まえ足あしを出だした。

  When I said 'Paw!' to the dog, it immediately offered its front paw.