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    3. 片手

    片手

    片かた手て

    one hand

    KMT6News #12+1CoreNoun, ParticleCore ConceptsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    かたて

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    one hand

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは片かた手てでりんごを持もっていた。

    He was holding an apple with one hand.

    KMT4Daily Life
    片かた手てで運うん転てんするのは危き険けんだ。

    Driving with one hand is dangerous.

    KMT6Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    片かた手てでスマートフォンを操そう作さするのは難むずかしい。

    It's difficult to operate a smartphone with one hand.

    KMT6Daily LifeTechnology
    テニス選せん手しゅは片かた手てで強きょう力りょくなバックハンドを打うった。

    The tennis player hit a powerful one-handed backhand.

    KMT6Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かの女じょは片かた手てで赤あかちゃんを抱だきながら、もう片かた方ほうの手てで料りょう理りをしていた。

    She was cooking with one hand while holding the baby with the other.

    KMT7Daily LifeFamily & RelationshipsFood & Dining

    Kanji that make up this word

    片
    かた-・かた…(1)
    one-sided・leaf・sheet・right-side kata radical (no. 91)
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
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