お手上げ (おてあげ) — being done for, giving up, being in a hopeless situation | MojiMori

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お手て上あげ being done for

Grade 1 4 characters 和語 wago 和語 (wago) — Native Japanese compound: all kanji use kun'yomi (native Japanese) readings. noun

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おてあげ

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Meanings

being done for
giving up
being in a hopeless situation
not knowing what to do
being brought to one's knees

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手(て) te hand 相(あい)手(て) aite partner 選(せん)手(しゅ) senshu athlete 上(じょう)手(ず) jouzu skilled 手(しゅ)段(だん) shudan means 勝(かっ)手(て) katte selfish 手(しゅ)法(ほう) shuhou technique 下手(へた) heta unskilled

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Words with 上 (24)

上(うえ) ue above 以(い)上(じょう) ijou more than 申(もう)し上(あ)げる moushiageru to say (humble) 上(あ)げる ageru to raise 上(あ)がる agaru to rise 上(のぼ)る noboru to climb 上(じょう)手(ず) jouzu skilled 上(じょう)昇(しょう) joushou rise

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