Illustration: At a neighborhood bakery, an employee kneels behind a display cabinet, reaching with a long grabber for a customer's dropped house key. The customer waits beside the counter with clasped hands and an apologetic bow, clearly aware of the extra work being caused.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お手て数すう

otesuu

trouble, bother

Polite term for trouble caused to someone else. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. お手数てすうをおかけしてすみません。

    I’m sorry to trouble you.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. いろいろお手数てすうをかけて申もうし訳わけない。

    I’m sorry to give you all this trouble.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 毎度まいどお手数てすうをおかけして申もうし訳わけありません。

    I’m sorry to trouble you so often.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 手数

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば

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