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手てがない
Meanings
Adjective (い)
Expression
Idiomatic
1. not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned
2. having nothing one can do about something; having no options
3. no reason not to ...; can't afford not to; why don't you?
after neg. verb
Alt. forms
手てがない
82%
手てが無ない
17%
Kanji used
手
hand
Top 27000
Used in: 593
Composed of
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
no way to do; nothing can be done
Examples (1 in total)
I had no other choice.