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手間 (てま): time, labor — Japanese vocabulary

手間 is read てま and means "time, labor". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

手間

Reading
てま · tema
Translation
time, labor
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
てまが

Example

食べるのにどうしてそんなに手間がかかるのか。

たべるのにどうしてそんなにてまがかかるのか。

Why do you take so long to eat?

Kanji in this word

  • 手 — hand
  • 間 — interval, between

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