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    3. 手のかかる

    手のかかる

    手ての​か​か​る​

    troublesome

    NTNoun, VerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    手の掛かる

    てのかかる

    Noun, Verb

    1.
    troublesome, difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child), laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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