手のひら – Vocabulary details

手てのひら

Meanings

Noun

1. palm (of the hand)

手てのひらより少すこし大おおきい本ほんだ。It is a book slightly larger than a palm.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

手

hand

Pitch accent

て

のひら

て

の

ひら

Used in: 2479

Composed of

手て

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

ひら

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

Used in vocabulary (6 in total)

手てのひらの上うえ

(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

手てのひらを返かえす

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

手てのひら返がえし

sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop

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Examples (6 in total)

手てのひらより少すこし大おおきい本ほんだ。

It is a book slightly larger than a palm.

車しゃ体たいに手てのひらの跡あとがついています。

There are palm prints on the car body.

あなたも誰だれの手てのひらで踊おどっているか早はやく気きづきなさい。

You, too, had better realize soon whose tune you're dancing to.