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    3. 手が離せない

    手が離せない

    手てが​離はなせ​な​い​

    unable to leave the work at hand

    NTAdjectiveWork & CareerKanji Vocab37 strokes

    手が放せない手がはなせない

    てがはなせない

    Adjective

    1.
    unable to leave the work at hand, right in the middle of something, tied up, busy
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    離
    はな.れる・はな.す…(1)
    detach・separation・disjoin・digress
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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