もてあます – Vocabulary details

もてあます

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

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

これが毎まい日にちとなると、間ま違ちがいなく持もて余あます。If this were to happen every day, it would undoubtedly be too much to handle.

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being popular (esp. with the opposite sex); being well-liked

to save; to leave over; to spare

時じ間かんをもてあましているんだ。

I have too much time on my hands.

これが毎まい日にちとなると、間ま違ちがいなくもてあます。

If this were to happen every day, it would undoubtedly be too much to handle.

実じっ際さい、暇ひまをもてあましている自じ覚かくもない。

In fact, I am not even aware that I have too much free time on my hands.

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