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    3. 手に職をつける

    手に職をつける

    手てに​職しょくを​つ​け​る​

    to acquire a trade

    NTVerb, TransitiveWork & CareerKanji Vocab33 strokes

    手に職を着ける手に職を就ける

    てにしょくをつける

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to acquire a trade, to learn a vocation

    Stroke 0 / 33

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    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    職
    post・employment・work
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
    け
    ke
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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