Vocabulary
What does 手が足りない (てがたりない, te ga tarinai) mean?
手が足りない (てがたりない, te ga tarinai) means short-handed, lacking enough people to do the work (lit.: not enough hands).
Quick facts| Reading | てがたりない |
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| Romaji | te ga tarinai |
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| Level (estimated, JLPT framework) | N3 |
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N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkte ga tarinai
short-handed, lacking enough people to do the work (lit.: not enough hands)
Example sentences
週末は客が多くて、どうしても手が足りない。
There are so many customers on weekends that we are inevitably short-handed.
祭りの準備で手が足りないので、アルバイトを募集している。
Because we are short-handed with festival preparations, we are recruiting part-time workers.
