time and effort; trouble
Refers to the considerable time and effort required for a task, often implying it is laborious or troublesome.
This dish takes a lot of time and effort.
The work I put time and effort into was appreciated.
手間 refers simply to effort or trouble, while 手間暇 emphasizes both time and effort together.
暇 alone means free time or leisure, not the invested time and effort implied by 手間暇.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Rare variant using 隙 instead of 暇.
Compound of 手間 (time/labor) and 暇 (time/leisure), together emphasizing the investment of both time and effort.