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    3. 手持ち無沙汰

    手持ち無沙汰

    手て持もち​無ぶ沙さ汰た

    having nothing to do

    NTNoun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab41 strokes

    手持ちぶさた手持無沙汰

    てもちぶさた

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    having nothing to do, having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do), being at a loose end, being bored

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    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    持
    も.つ・-も.ち・も.てる…(3)
    hold・have
    Kanji
    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    Kanji
    沙
    すな・よなげる…(2)
    sand
    Kanji
    汰
    おご.る・にご.る・よな.げる…(2)
    washing・sieving・filtering・weeding out・luxury
    Kanji
    ち
    chi
    Kana
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