手をつける – Vocabulary details

手てをつける

Expression

Verb (1-dan)

1. to set one's hand to; to start work on

つまり、どこから手てをつけるかということか。In other words, it's a matter of where to start.

2. to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)

お店みせのお金かねに手てをつけたのかな。I wonder if they dipped into the shop's money.

3. to have sexual relations; to have an affair

社しゃ長ちょうが秘ひ書しょに手てをつけたという噂うわさだ。Rumor has it that the company president slept with the secretary.

hand

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

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

どこから手てをつけましょう。

Where shall we start?

金きん銭せんには手てをつけていません。

I haven't touched a penny of the money.

とにかくどこからか手てをつけなければ。

Anyway, I have to start working on it from somewhere.

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