Word Meaning 手元

てもと temoto

手元 is read as てもと (temoto) and means grip.

Meaning

English

  1. grip
  2. handle
  3. money at hand
  4. pocket money
  5. way of moving one's arms
  6. skill
  7. at hand
  8. on hand

Reading

Kana

てもと

Romaji

temoto

Writing Variants

  • 手もと てもと temoto
  • 手許 てもと temoto

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 3855 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

手羽元

てばもと

first segment of a chicken's wing

手元供養

てもとくよう

keeping (part of) a person's ashes in one's home or inside a pendant, etc.

手元流動性

てもとりゅうどうせい

liquidity on hand

手元が狂う

てもとがくるう

to become clumsy

勝手元

かってもと

in and about a kitchen

元手

もとで

asset

元交際相手

もとこうさいあいて

former boyfriend

手足

てあし

hands and feet

手ぬぐい

てぬぐい

(hand) towel

ability to cope

手前

てまえ

tea-ceremony procedures

手作り

てづくり

handmade

Example Sentences

10

Watch your fingers!

The dictionary is close at hand.

This is all the money I have.

I like to have my dictionary within easy reach.

Keep the dictionary by you.

Keep a good dictionary at hand.

This is all the money I have.

I haven't got much money with me.

Keep the dictionary ready at hand.

I checked my notes one more time to affirm that it was the place I had been told about.