手間
N3てま tema
- time
- labour
noun
Chinese meanings
工夫;劳力
Examples
- 食べるのにどうしてそんなに手間がかかるのか。Why do you take so long to eat?为什么吃东西要花那么多工夫?
- お手間をおかけしました。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"
}
}