Word Meaning 手を出す

てをだす te o dasu

手を出す is read as てをだす (te o dasu) and means to get involved in.

Meaning

English

  1. to get involved in
  2. to make a move on
  3. to seduce (a woman)
  4. to lay hands on
  5. to turn one's hand to
  6. to reach out one's hand
  7. to steal
  8. to rob

Reading

Kana

てをだす

Romaji

te o dasu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Related Words 介入,干渉,口出し,お節介,手出し,からかう,揶揄う,抱く Proverb Rank 65558 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

手渡す

てわたす

to hand over

手放す

てばなす

to temporarily stop working

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

手間

てま

time

手本

てほん

model handwriting

手紙

てがみ

letter

手元

てもと

grip

手入れ

ていれ

(police) raid

Example Sentences

5

Keep your hands off my daughter!

Mind your own business.

If you mess with drugs, you're asking for trouble.

Today, his body is all bruised up. He shouldn't have gotten involved in that fight.

When one has too many irons in the fire, he doesn't know where to start working.