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手間仕事 (てましごと) — tedious job | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
手間仕事

手間仕事

手て間ま仕し事ごと

tedious job

Kanji Vocab Work & Career29 strokes

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てましごと

Noun

1.

tedious job, troublesome job, time-consuming job, piecework

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Kanji that make up this word

て・て-・-て・た-…(2)

あいだ・ま・あい…(6)

interval・space

つか.える…(2)

attend・doing・official・serve

こと・つか.う・つか.える…(3)

matter・thing・fact・business・reason…(1)

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