Illustration: An adult sits at a low sewing table, repairing a loose button on a child’s school cardigan. Scissors, a spool of thread, spare buttons, and a pincushion occupy a small semicircle immediately beside the working hands.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

手て元もと

temoto

at hand, nearby

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはいつも辞典じてんを３冊さつ手元てもとに置おいています。

    I always keep three dictionaries at hand.

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  2. この本ほんを手元てもとに置おいてください。

    Please keep this book at hand.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしの手元てもとに辞書じしょがない。

    I haven’t my dictionary at hand.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 手元

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと

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