Illustration: At a home kitchen table, a cook carefully removes strings from individual snow peas, with a large bowl of unprepared peas still waiting. A modest pile of finished peas sits beside a growing mound of discarded strings.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

手て間ま

tema

time and effort

Example sentences

  1. これで手間てまがだいぶ省はぶけるだろう。

    This will save you a lot of trouble.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. お手間てまをおかけしました。

    Thank you for your trouble.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. あなたが手伝てつだってくれれば、大おおいに手間てまが省はぶける。

    Your help will save us a lot of work.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 手間

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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