手間 – Vocabulary details

手て間ま

Meanings

Noun

1. time; labour; labor; effort

かなりの手て間まがかかったがな。It took quite a lot of effort, though.

2. payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages

3. tedious job; troublesome job; time-consuming job

Kanji used

手

hand

間

interval

Pitch accent

て

ま

Used in: 2813

Composed of

手て

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

間ま

time; pause; space; room

Used in vocabulary (13 in total)

手て間まをかける

to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

片かた手て間ま

spare time; free time; leisure time

手て間ま暇ひま

time and effort; trouble

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Examples (7 in total)

ちょっと手て間まがかかるわ。

It takes a bit of effort.

手て間まがかかる作さ業ぎょうです。

It's a time-consuming task.

かなりの手て間まがかかったがな。

It took quite a lot of effort, though.

これで手て間まがだいぶ省はぶけるだろう。

This will save you a lot of trouble.

細さい工くの手て間まを踏ふまえれば妥だ当とうな値ね段だんですわ。

Considering the effort involved in the craftsmanship, it is a reasonable price.

この髪かみセットするのって、すっごく手て間まなんだからね！

Styling my hair like this takes a ton of work, you know!

あれはあれで貴き重ちょうなんだけど、加か工こうが手て間まだから。