Illustration: In a Japanese apartment courtyard, one neighbor passes a folded umbrella to another across the low boundary between their entrances. The giver's fingers are opening around the handle at the exact moment the recipient's hand closes securely around it. Both look toward this shared point of contact.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

渡わたす

watasu

to hand over, to pass

Example sentences

  1. その本ほんを渡わたしてください。

    Hand me that book, please.

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  2. 彼かれに財布さいふを渡わたして。

    Just give him the wallet.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 塩しおを渡わたしてもらえませんか。

    Would you be kind enough to pass the salt?

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Kanji in 渡

  • 渡transit; fordOnトKunわたる・わたす

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