てのひら – Vocabulary details

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

Pitch accent

て

のひら

て

の

ひら

Used in: 260

Composed of

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)

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

てのひら返がえし

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

てのひらのうえ

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

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Examples (4 in total)

てのひらが一いっ瞬しゅん、青あお白じろい光ひかりを放はなつ。

The palm emits a bluish-white light for an instant.

拳こぶしではなくてのひらで敵てきを打うつ。

Strike the enemy with your palm, not your fist.

それは小ちいさく、てのひらにすっぽり収おさまっていた。

It was small and fit snugly in the palm of the hand.

左ひだり腕うでは少すこし外そと側がわに曲まがって、左ひだりのてのひらが下したを向むいていた。