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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

手て間ま

N3
てま tema
  1. time
  2. labour
noun

Chinese meanings

工夫;劳力

Examples

  • 食たべるのにどうしてそんなに手て間まがかかるのか。
    Why do you take so long to eat?
    为什么吃东西要花那么多工夫?
  • お手て間まをおかけしました。
    Thank you for your trouble.
    给您添麻烦了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('feff56f582'); // 手間
{
  "id": "feff56f582",
  "word": "手間",
  "reading": "てま",
  "romaji": "tema",
  "meanings": [
    "time",
    "labour"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1327410,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "食べるのにどうしてそんなに手間がかかるのか。",
      "furigana": "{食|た}べるのにどうしてそんなに{手間|てま}がかかるのか。",
      "en": "Why do you take so long to eat?",
      "tatoeba_id": 145930
    },
    {
      "ja": "お手間をおかけしました。",
      "furigana": "お{手間|てま}をおかけしました。",
      "en": "Thank you for your trouble.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227081
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "0a69a010c46c5a9520cf4b822b5279699156b454daa8c7fc92645a864aacc67f",
    "meanings": [
      "工夫",
      "劳力"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "食べるのにどうしてそんなに手間がかかるのか。",
        "zh": "为什么吃东西要花那么多工夫?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "お手間をおかけしました。",
        "zh": "给您添麻烦了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/feff56f582",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1327410; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "47ab405c2edcb9e83be0fbae626e5ed3f555371df9519f444249c5639ab252e5",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}