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    3. 手をつける

    手をつける

    手てを​つ​け​る​

    to set one's hand to

    NTVerbDaily LifeBusiness & FinanceWork & CareerKanji Vocab12 strokes

    手を付ける手を着ける

    てをつける

    Verb

    1.
    to set one's hand to, to start work on
    2.
    to embezzle, to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)
    3.
    to have sexual relations, to have an affair

    Stroke 0 / 12

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    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
    け
    ke
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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