手て打うち

noun

striking a deal; reaching an agreement; reconciliation

Refers to the act of settling a dispute or negotiation by mutual agreement, often with a handshake-like finality. Common in business or personal conflict resolution.

• 両りょう社しゃは最さい終しゅう的てきに手て打うちに応おうじた。

  The two companies finally agreed to settle.

• 長ながい交こう渉しょうの末すえ、手て打うちとなった。

  After long negotiations, they reached an agreement.

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

making noodles by hand; handmade noodles

Specifically refers to the process of making noodles (especially udon or soba) by hand, or the resulting handmade noodles. Often used in restaurant names or descriptions.

• この店みせのうどんは手て打うちです。

  The udon at this shop is handmade.

• 祖そ母ぼは毎まい朝あさそばを手て打うちしていた。

  My grandmother used to make soba by hand every morning.

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

manual input; typing by hand; entering text manually

Used in computing contexts to mean entering data or text manually, as opposed to automated input or copy-paste.

• データを手て打うちで入にゅう力りょくするのは時じ間かんがかかる。

  Entering data manually takes time.

• この書しょ類るいは手て打うちで作さく成せいした。

  I typed up this document by hand.

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

arm-only swing; swing without body rotation

In sports like tennis, baseball, or golf, a swing that uses only the arms without proper body mechanics, often resulting in less power or control.

• 手て打うちのスイングではボールが飛とばない。

  An arm-only swing won't send the ball far.

• コーチに手て打うちを直なおされた。

  The coach corrected my arm-only swing.

noun

execution by one's own sword (of a samurai)

Only when written 手討ち / 手討

Archaic term for a samurai personally putting a retainer or peasant to death with his own sword. Usually written as 手討ち.

• かつては主しゅ君くんが家か臣しんに手て討うちを下くだすことがあった。

  In the past, a lord would sometimes execute a retainer with his own sword.