Grow with Kitty

てがはなせない

手が離せない

tegahanasenai

rare

English

to be unable to leave (a task)

नेपाली

काम छोड्न नसक्नु

Examples

  1. 今いまは手てが離はなせないので、後あとで電話でんわします。

    I'm tied up right now, so I'll call you later.

  2. 電話でんわやら来客らいきゃくやらで、手てが離はなせません。

    What with phone calls and visitors, I can't get away for a moment.

  3. 担当たんとう者しゃは手てが離はなせないものですから、後のちほどご連絡れんらくいたします。

    The person in charge is tied up at the moment, so they will contact you later.

How to write it

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

手 4 strokes
離 19 strokes

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

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