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    3. お手上げ

    お手上げ

    お​手て上あげ​

    being done for

    N1KMT8News #22+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    お手あげ御手上げ

    おてあげ

    Noun

    1.
    being done for, giving up, being in a hopeless situation, not knowing what to do, being brought to one's knees, throwing up (one's) hands

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    この問もん題だいは難むずかしすぎて、もうお手て上あげだ。

    This problem is too difficult; I'm giving up.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれのわがままには、もうお手て上あげだ。

    I'm at my wit's end with his selfishness.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    どんなに努ど力りょくしても結けっ果かが出でず、彼かの女じょはお手て上あげだと感かんじた。

    No matter how much she tried, she couldn't get results, and she felt like giving up.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    複ふく雑ざつな数すう学がくの問もん題だいで、ついに先せん生せいもお手て上あげだった。

    Even the teacher was at a loss with the complex math problem.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyEducationScience & Math
    予よ期きせぬトラブルが続つづき、プロジェクトは完かん全ぜんにお手て上あげ状じょう態たいになった。

    Unexpected troubles continued, and the project became completely hopeless.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
    げ
    ge
    Kana
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