Japanese Word of the Day

手
て - te

hand

Definitions

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手

1. n. a hand

リンゴを手に持つ - to hold an apple in one's hand

手打ちのモールス - manually-keyed Morse code

2. n. a handle, grip

3. n. a paw, foreleg

4. n. a way of acting, means

その手があったか。 - You could do it that way too?

買うのも一つの手である。 - Another way is buying it.

5. n. (board games) a move, play

6. prefix. (strengthens the prefixed adjective or adjectival noun)

手早い、手堅い - quick, nimble; firm, steady

7. suffix. (one who does the previous word's action:) -ist, -er

語り手 - narrator

使い手 - user

8. suffix. (board games) (counter for moves in shogi, go, etc.)

9. affix. hand

10. affix. handwork

11. affix. handicraft, skill, talent

12. affix. (one who does an action:) -ist, -er