Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese living room, an adult sits before a robot vacuum completely entangled in loose knitting yarn. A small screwdriver, removed brush cover, and several carefully freed loops show that they have already tried to fix it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お手て上あげ

oteage

being at a loss, giving up

Example sentences

  1. この問題もんだいにはお手上てあげだ。

    This problem baffles me.

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  2. お手上てあげだ。

    I’m at a complete loss!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 本当ほんとうにお手上てあげだ。

    I’m really up a tree.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 手上

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・あげる

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