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てがでない

手が出ない

tegadenai

rare

English

to be beyond one's means/ability

नेपाली

हात नपुग्नु, क्षमता बाहिर

Examples

  1. この車くるまは高たかくて手てが出でません。

    This car is so expensive that it's beyond my means.

  2. 物価ぶっかの上昇じょうしょうで、果物くだものにはなかなか手てが出でません。

    With prices rising, fruit is hard to afford these days.

  3. 都市とし部ぶの住宅じゅうたくは、若者わかものには手てが出でない価格かかくになりつつあります。

    Housing in cities is becoming too expensive for young people to afford.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

手 4 strokes
出 5 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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