手

手掛け／手懸け／手掛／手懸 only

handle

Dated term; Also written as 妾女

mistress; kept woman; concubine

first segment of a chicken's wing; drumette

diversion; pastime

practice; practising; exercise; training

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

pressing; urging

handicrafts

short; brief

to haul up; to pull up (with both hands); to reel in

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

Anatomy

carpal (bone); carpus

hand-pulling (noodles)

deposit

handbasket

barrel organ; hand organ; hurdy-gurdy

ceremonial hand-clapping (e.g. at end of event, meeting, etc.)

diligent; industrious; skillful; dextrous

hand-clapping ceremony (celebrating the settling of a bargain, marking a reconciliation, etc.)

handless; armless

Botany

vineless plant

Archaic

sleeveless undergarment; sleeveless haori

Female; Archaic

menstruation; period

personal effects or belongings

growing old enough to not need constant looking after by one's parents

finishing a job

handloom

handline fishing; handlining