Results, 手持ち無沙汰 #n

手持ち無沙汰【てもちぶさたtemochibusata】手持無沙汰・手持ちぶさた Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • being bored; being at a loose end

タバコTABAKOでもdemo吸っていないsutteinaiとto手持ちぶさたtemochibusataだda。 Sometimes I smoke just to give my hands something to do.

Kanji definition:

手

シュSHU・ズZU・てte・て~te ・~て te・た~ta

hand

Strokes:
4
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
2-1-3
UTF:
624b
JIS208:
28-74
Hangul:
수 [su]
Pinyin:
shǒu
Stroke order:
Example words:
選手【せんしゅsenshu】
player (sports); athlete; team member
大手【おおてoote】
major company; big company; / front castle gate; / force attacking the front of a castle
手【てte】
hand; arm; / forepaw; foreleg; / handle; / hand; worker; help; / trouble; care; effort; / means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; / hand; handwriting; / kind; type; sort; / one's hands; one's possession; / ability to cope; / hand (of cards); / direction; / move (in go, shogi, etc.)
相手【あいてaite】
companion; partner; company; / other party; addressee; / opponent (sports, etc.)
取っ手【とってtotte】
handle; grip; knob
持

ジJI・もつmo.tsu・~もち mo.chi・もてるmo.teru

hold; have

Strokes:
9
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
1-3-6
UTF:
6301
JIS208:
27-93
Nanori:
もちmochi・もつmotsu
Hangul:
지 [ji]
Pinyin:
chí
Stroke order:
Example words:
維持【いじiji】
maintenance; preservation; improvement
支持【しじshiji】
support; backing; endorsement; approval; / support; holding up; propping
気持ち【きもちkimochi】
feeling; sensation; mood; / preparedness; readiness; attitude; / thanks; solicitude; sympathy; / just a little; somewhat; slightly
持ち【もちmochi】
hold; charge; keep possession; in charge; / wear; durability; life; draw; / usage
持ち込む【もちこむmochikomu】
to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in; / to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations; / to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
無

ムMU・ブBU・ないna.i

nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not

Strokes:
12
Radical:
火灬 fire
SKIP:
2-8-4
UTF:
7121
JIS208:
44-21
Hangul:
무 [mu]
Pinyin:
wú / mó
Stroke order:
Example words:
無料【むりょうmuryou】
free (of charge); gratuitous
無職【むしょくmushoku】
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
無罪【むざいmuzai】
innocence; being not guilty
無所属【むしょぞくmushozoku】
independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
無理【むりmuri】
unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; / impossible; / forcible; forced; compulsory; / excessive (work, etc.); immoderate; / to work too hard; to try too hard; / no way; not a chance; never; dream on; / irrational
沙

サSA・シャSHA・すなsuna・よなげるyonageru

sand

Strokes:
7
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-4
UTF:
6c99
JIS208:
26-27
Hangul:
사 [sa]
Pinyin:
shā / shà
Stroke order:
Example words:
ご無沙汰【ごぶさたgobusata】
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
沙【すなsuna】
sand; grit; / gold dust; silver dust
沙漠【さばくsabaku】
desert
沙汰【さたsata】
affair; state; incident; issue; matter; / verdict; sentence; / directions; orders; command; instructions; / notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update
サハラ沙漠【サハラさばくSAHARAsabaku】
Sahara Desert
汰

タTA・タイTAI・おごるogo.ru・にごるnigo.ru・よなげるyona.geru

washing; sieving; filtering; weeding out; luxury

Strokes:
7
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-4
UTF:
6c70
JIS208:
34-33
Hangul:
태 [tae]
Pinyin:
tài
Stroke order:
Example words:
ご無沙汰【ごぶさたgobusata】
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
沙汰【さたsata】
affair; state; incident; issue; matter; / verdict; sentence; / directions; orders; command; instructions; / notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update
自然淘汰【しぜんとうたshizentouta】
natural selection
淘汰【とうたtouta】
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection; / selection (e.g. natural selection)
汰る【ゆるyuru】
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

Kanji

手

シュSHU・ズZU・てte・て~te ・~て te・た~ta

hand

持

ジJI・もつmo.tsu・~もち mo.chi・もてるmo.teru

hold; have


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