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手
て
がな
い
Meanings
Adjective (い)
Expression
Idiomatic
1. not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned
2. having nothing one can do about something; having no options
Alt. forms
手
て
がな
い
82%
手
て
が
無
な
い
17%
Kanji used
手
hand
Top 25500
Used in: 549
Composed of
手
て
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
な
い
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
打
う
つ
手
て
がな
い
no way to do; nothing can be done
Examples (1 in total)
他
ほか
に
手
て
がなかった
のだ。
I had no other choice.