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手間 (てま, tema) Japanese meaning: time and effort | Kotomora
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その
分ぶん
おいしい
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This dish takes a lot of time and effort, but it tastes that much better.
I bought pre-prepared vegetables to save myself the trouble.
Checking the receipts one by one is quite a time-consuming task.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 手て 間ま がかかる for something to take a lot of time and effort
This dish takes a lot of preparation time and effort.
〈 事こと 〉 の 手て 間ま the labor charge for (doing) something
The estimate includes the labor charge for the construction as well as materials.
手て 間ま を 省はぶ く to save time and effort; to cut out unnecessary trouble
I bought a washing machine to save myself the trouble of housework.
手て 間ま を 惜お しむ to be unwilling to put in the necessary time and effort
He didn't want to put in the extra effort, so he chose the easy way.
Expressions 手て 間ま を 取と る take time; be detained; be held up 手て 間ま をかける take trouble; go to the trouble; put in effort for someone Related words 労力 is a more formal, direct word for physical or mental effort, while 手間 emphasizes the practical time and trouble a task takes.
手間賃 is the full, explicit word for a labor charge or wage, while 手間 is often used as its shortened, informal equivalent in the same sense.
手数 stresses the trouble or inconvenience caused to another person (as in お手数ですが), whereas 手間 focuses on the work or effort itself.
手間 focuses on the time and labor a task takes, while 一苦労 highlights the struggle or hardship of getting through it.
手間 emphasizes the time and effort a task requires, whereas 面倒 focuses on the psychological annoyance of doing it.
Word family· 11 take more time than expected; be delayed; take a long time
spare time; free time; leisure time
payment for labor; wages; charge
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
Etymology The spelling combines 手, associated with hands or work, and 間, associated with time or interval. This transparently fits the idea of time and effort spent on work, though no specific historical derivation is asserted here.
labor cost; payment for work
Show 6 more waste of time; wasted effort
time and effort; trouble
double effort; doing the same work twice
double work; duplication of effort
tedious job; time-consuming work; piecework
waste of time
