手（て）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: hand
Example sentences
- 食事の前に石けんで手を洗う。 — I wash my hands with soap before meals.
- 質問があるとき、手を挙げる。 — I raise my hand when I have a question.
Idioms & proverbs containing “手”
- 下手の長談義 (へたのながだんぎ) — poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit
- 八十の手習い (はちじゅうのてならい) — you're never too old to learn
- 話し上手は聞き上手 (はなしじょうずはききじょうず) — good talkers make good listeners
- 下手な考え休むに似たり (へたなかんがえやすむににたり) — it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
- 下手の考え休むに似たり (へたのかんがえやすむににたり) — it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
- 好きこそものの上手なれ (すきこそもののじょうずなれ) — what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing
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See it used in real works
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