手

skill; mastery

Baseball

second baseman

Slang

finger-banging (manual stimulation of female genital organs); fingering

Martial arts

karate gi; karate uniform

go; board game of capturing territory

locomotive engineer; engine driver

手掛け／手懸け／手掛／手懸 only

handle

Dated term; Also written as 妾女

mistress; kept woman; concubine

coupler; coupling; joint; splice

継手／継ぎ手 only

successor; heir

first segment of a chicken's wing; drumette

diversion; pastime

heavy drinker

Card games

reader (in competitive karuta); reciter; person who reads the cards

letter made from a picture one has drawn

pressing; urging

handicrafts

being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker; smooth-talker

Baseball

third baseman

Sumo

hand touch down

short; brief

right-angled bend

ace up one's sleeve; trump card

Music

basic melody (esp. on koto and shamisen)

proper move (in go, shogi, etc.); appropriate move

expert; professional; specialist; master

lender

able individual; man of ability

reeling in by hand; winding by hand; spinning by hand

てぐり only

transport by passing from hand to hand (e.g. in a bucket brigade); passing along a human chain

てぐり only

arrangements; managing

Abbreviation

dragnet