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Variations:
手作り品
手造り品
手づくり品(sK)

 tezukurihin
    てづくりひん
hand-made item; handicraft

Variations:
手巻き寿司
手巻寿司
手巻き鮨
手巻鮨

 temakizushi
    てまきずし
{food} hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)

Variations:
持ち合わせる
持ちあわせる
持ち合せる

 mochiawaseru
    もちあわせる
(transitive verb) to happen to have on hand or in stock

Variations:
格闘
挌闘(rK)
格鬪(sK)

 kakutou / kakuto
    かくとう
(n,vs,vi) (1) (hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; tussle; (n,vs,vi) (2) struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling; getting to grips (with)

Variations:
セルアニメーション
セル・アニメーション

 seruanimeeshon; seru animeeshon
    セルアニメーション; セル・アニメーション
cel animation; hand-drawn animation; traditional animation

Variations:
ばら撒く
ばら蒔く
散蒔く
散播く

 baramaku
    ばらまく
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

Variations:
ハンドサニタイザー
ハンド・サニタイザー

 handosanitaizaa; hando sanitaizaa / handosanitaiza; hando sanitaiza
    ハンドサニタイザー; ハンド・サニタイザー
hand sanitizer

Variations:
下ろす
降ろす
下す(io)

 orosu
    おろす
(transitive verb) (1) to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat); (transitive verb) (2) (esp. 降ろす) to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge; (transitive verb) (3) to withdraw (money); (transitive verb) (4) to use for the first time; to wear for the first time; (transitive verb) (5) to cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches); (transitive verb) (6) (esp. 降ろす) to remove (someone from a position); to oust; to drop; (transitive verb) (7) to clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down; (transitive verb) (8) (See 堕ろす) to expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus); (transitive verb) (9) to invoke (a spirit); to call down

Variations:
古強者
古武士
古兵
古つわもの(sK)

 furutsuwamono; kohei(古兵); kobushi(古武士) / furutsuwamono; kohe(古兵); kobushi(古武士)
    ふるつわもの; こへい(古兵); こぶし(古武士)
(1) (こぶし only) feudal warrior; samurai; (2) old soldier; veteran; old hand

Variations:
押さえる
押える
圧さえる(sK)

 osaeru
    おさえる
(transitive verb) (1) (also written as 圧さえる) to pin down; to hold down; to press down; to hold in place; to hold steady; (transitive verb) (2) to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part); (transitive verb) (3) to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest; (transitive verb) (4) to grasp (a point); to comprehend; (transitive verb) (5) (See 抑える・おさえる・2) to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain

Variations:
首を突っ込む
首をつっこむ
首を突っこむ

 kubiotsukkomu
    くびをつっこむ
(exp,v5m) (1) to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to meddle in; (exp,v5m) (2) to poke one's head (into a room)

Variations:
高め
高目(ateji)
たか目(sK)

 takame
    たかめ
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) (See 低め) highish; somewhat high; on the high side; high (ball); (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) (See 安め・1) somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side; (3) (高目 only) {mahj} wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score

Variations:
かき撫でる
掻き撫でる
搔き撫でる(oK)

 kakinaderu
    かきなでる
(transitive verb) (1) to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down); (transitive verb) (2) to strum (a stringed instrument); to pluck

Variations:
かき撫でる
掻き撫でる
搔き撫でる(sK)

 kakinaderu
    かきなでる
(transitive verb) (1) to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down); (transitive verb) (2) to strum (a stringed instrument); to pluck

Variations:
リヤカー
リアカー
リヤ・カー
リア・カー

 riyakaa; riakaa; riya kaa; ria kaa / riyaka; riaka; riya ka; ria ka
    リヤカー; リアカー; リヤ・カー; リア・カー
light two-wheeled trailer (towed by bicycle, pulled by hand, etc.) (wasei: rear car)

Variations:
吊り手
釣り手
吊手
釣手
つり手(sK)

 tsurite
    つりて
(1) (usu. 吊り手) hanger (e.g. for mosquito net); hanging strap; (2) (usu. 釣り手) fisherman; angler; (3) (釣り手 only) {MA} lifting hand (judo)

Variations:
引き渡す
引渡す
引きわたす(sK)

 hikiwatasu
    ひきわたす
(transitive verb) to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

Variations:
引っさげる
引っ提げる
提げる
引っ下げる

 hissageru
    ひっさげる
(transitive verb) (1) to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to take with one; (transitive verb) (2) to lead (e.g. troops); (transitive verb) (3) to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up; to bring to the fore

Variations:
手が離せない
手が放せない
手がはなせない

 tegahanasenai
    てがはなせない
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

Variations:
手刷り
手摺り
手刷(sK)
手摺(sK)

 tezuri
    てずり
printing by hand; hand-printing

Variations:
手打ち
手打
手討ち(rK)
手討(sK)

 teuchi
    てうち
(noun, transitive verb) (1) making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; (noun, transitive verb) (2) striking a deal; coming to an agreement; reconciliation; (noun, transitive verb) (3) hitting (the ball) with one's finger or arm strength alone (e.g. in tennis or golf); (noun, transitive verb) (4) {comp} (See 手入力) manual input; (noun, transitive verb) (5) (archaism) (esp. 手討ち; sometimes also お手討ち) capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord or samurai; putting (a retainer) to death with one's own hands

Variations:
手描き
手描(sK)
手がき(sK)

 tegaki
    てがき
(adj-no,n) hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand

Variations:
手書き
手書(sK)
手がき(sK)

 tegaki
    てがき
(1) handwriting; (can be adjective with の) (2) handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted

Variations:
上手を行く
上手をいく
うわてを行く(sK)

 uwateoiku
    うわてをいく
(exp,v5k-s) (idiom) to have the upper hand; to surpass (someone)

Variations:
凄い事になる
すごい事になる
スゴい事になる

 sugoikotoninaru(凄i事ninaru, sugoi事ninaru); sugoikotoninaru(sugoi事ninaru)
    すごいことになる(凄い事になる, すごい事になる); スゴいことになる(スゴい事になる)
(exp,v5r) (kana only) to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state

Variations:
右側
右がわ(sK)
右っかわ(sK)

 migigawa(p); usoku; migikkawa(sk)
    みぎがわ(P); うそく; みぎっかわ(sk)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) right side; right-hand side

Variations:
持ち替える
持ちかえる
持ち換える
持替える

 mochikaeru
    もちかえる
(transitive verb) to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

Variations:
燕返し
ツバメ返し
つばめ返し
燕返(sK)

 tsubamegaeshi
    つばめがえし
(1) quickly reversed cut (sword technique); (2) {MA} swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal; (3) {mahj} swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique); (4) {mahj} completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile

Variations:
お手手
お手々
お手て(sK)
御手手(sK)

 otete
    おてて
(kana only) (child. language) (See てて) hand; hands

Variations:
リサイクルショップ
リサイクル・ショップ

 risaikurushoppu(p); risaikuru shoppu
    リサイクルショップ(P); リサイクル・ショップ
second-hand shop; recycle shop

Variations:
引き継ぐ
引継ぐ(io)
引きつぐ

 hikitsugu
    ひきつぐ
(transitive verb) to take over; to hand over

Variations:
鐃循ッワ申鐃緒申鐃緒申
鐃循っわ申鐃緒申鐃緒申

 鐃循wwa申鐃緒申鐃緒申; 鐃循wwa申鐃緒申鐃緒申
    鐃循ッワ申鐃緒申鐃緒申; 鐃循っわ申鐃緒申鐃緒申
(orig. a product name) (See 鐃緒申炉) (chemical) body warmer; heat pad; hand warmer

Variations:
キャリア
キャリアー
キャリヤ
キャリヤー

 kyaria(p); kyariaa; kyariya; kyariyaa / kyaria(p); kyaria; kyariya; kyariya
    キャリア(P); キャリアー; キャリヤ; キャリヤー
(1) {physics;chem} (See 担体・1) carrier; (2) {pathol} (See 保菌者) carrier (of a disease-causing agent); (3) {telec} (See 搬送波) carrier (wave); (4) {telec} carrier; mobile network operator; (5) pannier rack (on a bicycle); roof rack (on a car); (bicycle) carrier; (6) hand truck; platform truck; trolley; dolly

Variations:
喉から手が出る
のどから手が出る
咽から手が出る

 nodokarategaderu
    のどからてがでる
(exp,v1) (idiom) (as ~ほど, 〜くらい, etc.) (wanting something so bad that) one can almost taste it; a hand reaches out from one's throat

Variations:
引き継ぐ
引継ぐ(sK)
引きつぐ(sK)

 hikitsugu
    ひきつぐ
(transitive verb) (1) to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to carry on (a tradition); to continue; (transitive verb) (2) to hand over

Variations:
その日暮らし
その日暮し
其の日暮らし
其の日暮し

 sonohigurashi
    そのひぐらし
(exp,n) (1) financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; (exp,n) (2) living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

Variations:
持ち合わせ
持ちあわせ
持ち合せ
持合せ
持合わせ

 mochiawase
    もちあわせ
(1) things on hand; things in stock; (2) money on hand; money in one's wallet; (can be adjective with の) (3) on hand; in stock

Variations:
持ち直す
持直す(sK)
持ちなおす(sK)

 mochinaosu
    もちなおす
(v5s,vi) (1) to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up; (transitive verb) (2) to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other

Variations:
ハンドヘルドコンピュータ
ハンドヘルド・コンピュータ

 handoherudokonpyuuta; handoherudo konpyuuta / handoherudokonpyuta; handoherudo konpyuta
    ハンドヘルドコンピュータ; ハンドヘルド・コンピュータ
{comp} hand-held computer

Variations:
替わる
代わる
換わる
替る
代る
換る

 kawaru
    かわる
(v5r,vi) (1) (esp. 替わる, 替る) to succeed; to relieve; to replace; (v5r,vi) (2) (esp. 代わる, 代る) to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone); (v5r,vi) (3) (esp. 換わる, 換る) to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

Variations:
エアータオル
エアタオル
エアー・タオル
エア・タオル

 eaataoru; eataoru; eaa taoru; ea taoru / eataoru; eataoru; ea taoru; ea taoru
    エアータオル; エアタオル; エアー・タオル; エア・タオル
(See ハンドドライヤー・1) hand dryer (wasei: air towel)

Variations:
ハンドラベラー
ハンド・ラベラー
ハンドラベラ

 handoraberaa; hando raberaa; handorabera(sk) / handorabera; hando rabera; handorabera(sk)
    ハンドラベラー; ハンド・ラベラー; ハンドラベラ(sk)
handheld label applicator (wasei: hand labeler); label gun; price gun

Variations:
焼き鳥
焼鳥
焼き鶏(sK)
焼鶏(sK)

 yakitori
    やきとり
(1) {food} yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; (2) (obsolete) grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); (3) {mahj} failing to win a single hand during a half-game

Variations:
そこへ行くと
其処へ行くと(sK)
其処へいくと(sK)

 sokoheikuto / sokohekuto
    そこへいくと
(expression) on the other hand (esp. when the latter is positive); on the contrary; in contrast; conversely; while

Variations:
狐拳
狐けん(sK)
きつね拳(sK)
キツネ狐(sK)

 kitsuneken
    きつねけん
kitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

Variations:
突き出す
突出す
つき出す
突きだす
つん出す
突ん出す

 tsukidasu(突ki出su, 突出su, tsuki出su, 突kidasu); tsundasu(突出su, tsun出su, 突n出su)
    つきだす(突き出す, 突出す, つき出す, 突きだす); つんだす(突出す, つん出す, 突ん出す)
(transitive verb) (1) to push out; to project; to stick out; (transitive verb) (2) to hand over (e.g. to the police)

Variations:
お下がり
お下り(sK)
御下がり(sK)
御下り(sK)

 osagari
    おさがり
(1) hand-me-down; (2) food offering to the gods; (3) leftovers; (4) trip from Kyoto to the provinces

Variations:
お代わり
お替り
お替わり
御代わり
お代り
御代り

 okawari
    おかわり
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (See 代わり・4) another helping; second helping; seconds; refill; (interjection) (2) (kana only) (See お手・3) command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

Variations:
ハンドリガード
ハンド・リガード
ハンドリーガード

 handorigaado; hando rigaado; handoriigaado(sk) / handorigado; hando rigado; handorigado(sk)
    ハンドリガード; ハンド・リガード; ハンドリーガード(sk)
hand regard (developmental milestone in babies)

Variations:
座繰り
座ぐり
座刳り
坐繰り
座繰(io)
坐繰(io)

 zaguri
    ざぐり
(1) (座繰り, 坐繰り, 座繰, 坐繰 only) reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; (noun/participle) (2) (esp. 座ぐり) counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); spotfacing; (3) (esp. 座刳り) hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)

Variations:
手刷り
手摺り
手ずり(sK)
手刷(sK)
手摺(sK)

 tezuri
    てずり
printing by hand; hand-printing

Variations:
あり合わせ
有り合わせ
あり合せ
有り合せ
有りあわせ

 ariawase
    ありあわせ
(adj-no,n) (kana only) on hand; readily available

Variations:
明け渡す
明渡す(sK)
開け渡す(sK)
あけ渡す(sK)

 akewatasu
    あけわたす
(transitive verb) to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

Variations:
突き出す
突出す(sK)
つき出す(sK)
突きだす(sK)

 tsukidasu
    つきだす
(transitive verb) (1) to push out; to project; to stick out; (transitive verb) (2) to hand over (e.g. to the police)

Variations:
あがり役
上がり役
アガリ役
和了り役(sK)
和がり役(sK)

 agariyaku
    あがりやく
{mahj} (See 上がる・あがる・15,役・やく・4) winning hand

Variations:
あり合わせる
有り合わせる
有り合せる
在り合わせる
在り合せる

 ariawaseru
    ありあわせる
(v1,vi) to happen to be available; to have on hand; to have in stock

Variations:
ばら撒く
ばら蒔く(rK)
散蒔く(rK)
散播く(rK)

 baramaku
    ばらまく
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

Variations:
物作り
モノ作り
もの作り
物づくり
物造り
モノ造り
もの造り

 monozukuri(物作ri, mono作ri, 物zukuri, 物造ri, mono造ri); monozukuri(mono作ri, mono造ri); monotsukuri(物作ri, mono作ri, 物造ri, mono造ri); monotsukuri(mono作ri, mono造ri)
    ものづくり(物作り, もの作り, 物づくり, 物造り, もの造り); モノづくり(モノ作り, モノ造り); ものつくり(物作り, もの作り, 物造り, もの造り); モノつくり(モノ作り, モノ造り)
(1) (kana only) manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand; (2) (ものつくり only) making New-Year's decorations; (3) (ものつくり only) (archaism) preparing fields; farming; farmer

Variations:
雁字搦め
雁字搦(sK)
がんじ搦め(sK)
雁字がらめ(sK)

 ganjigarame
    がんじがらめ
(1) (kana only) binding (someone) hand and foot; (2) (kana only) being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)

Variations:
差し出す
差出す(sK)
さし出す(sK)
差しだす(sK)

 sashidasu
    さしだす
(transitive verb) (1) to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); (transitive verb) (2) to present; to submit; to tender; (transitive verb) (3) to sacrifice; to give (up); (transitive verb) (4) to send; to forward

鐃楯¥申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃熟ワ申鐃?鐃楯¥申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃熟ワ申鐃?

 鐃楯¥申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃熟wa申鐃?鐃楯¥申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃熟wa申鐃?
    鐃楯¥申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃熟ワ申鐃?鐃楯¥申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃熟ワ申鐃?
{cards} poker hand

Variations:
あり合わす
有り合わす
有り合す
在り合わす
在り合す
有合わす(io)

 ariawasu
    ありあわす
(v5s,vi) (See あり合わせる) to happen to be available; to have on hand; to have in stock

Variations:
一掴み
一つかみ(sK)
ひと掴み(sK)
一掴(sK)
一攫み(sK)

 hitotsukami
    ひとつかみ
(1) a handful (of); (2) grasping (with one hand); gripping; grabbing; taking a handful

Variations:
持ち替える
持ちかえる
持ち変える
持ち換える(sK)
持替える(sK)

 mochikaeru
    もちかえる
(transitive verb) (1) to shift (something) from one hand to the other; (transitive verb) (2) to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); (transitive verb) (3) to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

Variations:
九蓮宝燈
九連宝燈
九連宝灯
九連宝塔(iK)(rK)
九連宝橙(iK)(rK)

 chuurenpootoo; chuurenpoutou; chuurenpaotou / churenpootoo; churenpoto; churenpaoto
    チューレンポートー; チューレンポウトウ; チューレンパオトウ
{mahj} nine gates (chi: jiǔliánbǎodēng); winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit

Variations:
ばら撒く
散蒔く(rK)
散播く(rK)
バラ撒く(sK)
ばら蒔く(sK)

 baramaku(p); baramaku(sk)
    ばらまく(P); バラまく(sk)
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

Variations:
手のひらを返す
手の平を返す
掌を返す
手のひらをかえす(sK)
てのひらを返す(sK)

 tenohiraokaesu; tanagokorookaesu(掌o返su); shouokaesu(掌o返su) / tenohiraokaesu; tanagokorookaesu(掌o返su); shookaesu(掌o返su)
    てのひらをかえす; たなごころをかえす(掌を返す); しょうをかえす(掌を返す)
(exp,v5s) (1) (idiom) to flip-flop; to do an about-face; to flip over one's hand; (exp,v5s) (2) (idiom) to do something easy

Variations:
にぎり寿司
握り寿司
にぎり鮨
握りずし
握り鮨
握鮨(io)
握寿司(io)

 nigirizushi
    にぎりずし
{food} nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

Variations:
ハンドヘルドスキャナ
ハンドヘルドスキャナー
ハンドヘルド・スキャナ
ハンドヘルド・スキャナー

 handoherudosukyana; handoherudosukyanaa; handoherudo sukyana; handoherudo sukyanaa / handoherudosukyana; handoherudosukyana; handoherudo sukyana; handoherudo sukyana
    ハンドヘルドスキャナ; ハンドヘルドスキャナー; ハンドヘルド・スキャナ; ハンドヘルド・スキャナー
{comp} hand-held scanner; handheld scanner

Variations:
ばら撒く
散蒔く(rK)
散播く(rK)
バラ蒔く(sK)
バラ撒く(sK)
ばら蒔く(sK)

 baramaku(p); baramaku(sk)
    ばらまく(P); バラまく(sk)
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

Variations:
九蓮宝燈
九連宝燈
九連宝灯
九蓮宝灯(sK)
九連宝塔(sK)
九連宝橙(sK)
九蓮宝塔(sK)

 chuurenpootoo; chuurenpoutou; chuurenpaotou / churenpootoo; churenpoto; churenpaoto
    チューレンポートー; チューレンポウトウ; チューレンパオトウ
{mahj} nine gates (chi: jiǔliánbǎodēng); winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit

Variations:
にぎり寿司
握り寿司
握り鮨
にぎり鮨(sK)
握りずし(sK)
握鮨(sK)
握寿司(sK)

 nigirizushi
    にぎりずし
{food} nigirizushi; hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood

Variations:
喉から手が出る
のどから手が出る
ノドから手が出る(sK)
喉から手がでる(sK)
のどから手がでる(sK)
咽から手が出る(sK)

 nodokarategaderu
    のどからてがでる
(exp,v1) (idiom) (as ~ほど, 〜くらい, etc.) (wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; a hand reaches out from one's throat

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