Vocabulary
What does お手上げ (おてあげ, oteage) mean?
お手上げ (おてあげ, oteage) means at one's wit's end, giving up, throwing in the towel.
Quick facts| Reading | おてあげ |
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| Romaji | oteage |
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| Part of speech | noun |
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| Level (estimated, JLPT framework) | N1 |
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N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonoteage
at one's wit's end, giving up, throwing in the towel
- 1noun being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation
Example sentences
この問題は難しすぎてお手上げだ。
This question is too difficult, so I give up.
資金が尽きて、もうお手上げの状態だ。
The funds have run out; there's nothing more we can do now.
