人ひと手で不ぶ足そく

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Meanings

1

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.

直ちょく

面めん

し

て

いる

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The construction industry is facing a serious labor shortage.

人ひと手で不ぶ足そくのため、営えい業ぎょう時じ間かんを短たん縮しゅくせざるを得えなかった。

Due to a shortage of workers, we had no choice but to shorten business hours.

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').