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てがたりない

手が足りない

tegatarinai

rare

English

to be short-handed

नेपाली

जनशक्ति नपुग्नु

Examples

  1. 年末ねんまつはお店みせの手てが足たりません。

    At the end of the year, the shop is short-handed.

  2. 手てが足たりない上うえに、急きゅうな注文ちゅうもんまで入はいりました。

    We're short-handed, and on top of that, a rush order came in.

  3. 介護かいごのみならず、多おおくの業界ぎょうかいで手てが足たりない状態じょうたいです。

    Not just caregiving but many industries are short-handed.

How to write it

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

手 4 strokes
足 7 strokes

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

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