手て

noun

forepaw; foreleg

Colloquial use for an animal's front paw or leg.

See also: お手 (おて)

• 犬いぬが手てをなめている。

  The dog is licking its paw.

noun

handle

The handle or grip of a tool, utensil, or container.

• 鍋なべの手てが熱あつくなっている。

  The pot handle is getting hot.

noun

hand; worker; help

A person's labor, assistance, or a worker. Often used in compounds like 人手 (hitode, 'manpower') or 手伝い (tetsudai, 'help').

• 忙いそがしいので手てが足たりない。

  We're busy and short-handed.

• 引ひっ越こしの手てを頼たのむ。

  I'll ask for help with the move.

noun

trouble; care; effort

The effort, care, or trouble involved in doing something. Common in phrases like 手がかかる (to require effort/care).

• この仕し事ごとは手てがかかる。

  This job takes a lot of effort.

• 子こ供どもに手てがかからなくなった。

  The child no longer needs so much care.

noun

means; way; technique; trick

A method, technique, or trick for doing something. Often used in set phrases like 手を尽くす (to try every means) or いい手 (a good move/technique).

• 何なにかいい手てはないかな。

  I wonder if there's a good way to do this.

• 彼かれは交こう渉しょうの手てを知しっている。

  He knows the tricks of negotiation.

noun

handwriting

A person's handwriting or the style of their written characters.

• 彼かれの手ては読よみにくい。

  His handwriting is hard to read.

noun

kind; type; sort

Used in patterns like この手の (this kind of) or そういう手の (that sort of).

• この手ての話はなしはよく聞きく。

  I often hear this kind of story.

noun

one's hands; one's possession

Indicates possession or control. Most common in the phrase 手に入る (to obtain, to come into one's hands).

See also: 手に入る

• やっとチケットが手てに入はいった。

  I finally got my hands on a ticket.

noun

ability to cope

Used in the phrase 手に余る (to be beyond one's ability, to be too much to handle).

See also: 手に余る

• この問もん題だいは私わたしの手てに余あまる。

  This problem is beyond my ability to handle.

noun

hand (of cards)

The set of cards held by a player in a card game.

• いい手てが来きた。

  I got a good hand.

noun

direction

Used in the compound 山の手 (yamanote, 'hilly section of a city', literally 'mountain's hand/direction'). Rare standalone use.

See also: 山の手

• 「山やまの手て」の「手て」は方ほう角がくを表あらわす。

  The 手 in 山の手 indicates direction.

noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter

move (in go, shogi, etc.)

A move in board games like go or shogi. Also used as a counter for moves.

• 次つぎの手てを考かんがえている。

  I'm thinking about my next move.

• 三さん手て先さきを読よむ。

  To read three moves ahead.