てもち – Vocabulary details

てもち

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. in hand; on hand; on one; in stock; in store

今いまの手て持もちじゃ全ぜん然ぜん足たりないの。What I have on hand right now is completely insufficient.

Pre-noun adjective

2. handheld

夏なつは手て持もち扇せん風ぷう機きが手て放ばなせない。In summer I can't do without my handheld fan.

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

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Composed of

て

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

もち

having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

てもちぶさた

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

てもちひん

goods in stock or on hand or in one's possession

てもちげんきん

ready cash; cash on hand

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Examples (10 in total)

てもち、いくら残のこってるの？

How much do you have on hand?

てもちのお金かねが少すこしあります。

I have a little money with me.

てもちの円えんをドルに替かえた。

I converted my yen into dollars.

夏なつはてもち扇せん風ぷう機きが手て放ばなせない。

In summer I can't do without my handheld fan.

三さん脚きゃくを使つかわず、てもちで撮さつ影えいした。

I shot it handheld, without a tripod.

今いまのてもちじゃ全ぜん然ぜん足たりないの。

What I have on hand right now is completely insufficient.

我われ々われは、てもちのもので間まに合あわせなければならない。

We must make do with what we have got.

私わたしはまだ少すこしてもちの金かねがある。

I still have some money in hand.

気きづけば結けっ構こうな人ひとたちが、てもちの端たん末まつを空そらに向むかい掲かかげていた。

Before I knew it, quite a few people were holding their devices up toward the sky.

まずは穴あなの入いり口ぐちの近ちかくにてもちの簡かん易い照しょう明めいを設せっ置ちした。