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持て余す

もてあます

Readings

もてあます

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5s, vtto be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

Kanji breakdown

N39 strokesGrade 3
N47 strokesGrade 5

Example sentences

彼女は暇を持て余しているらしい。

She doesn't seem to know what to do with her leisure time.

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持て余すもてあます

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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