Word Meaning 手上げ

てあげ teage

手上げ is read as てあげ (teage) and means all over.

Meaning

English

  1. all over
  2. given in
  3. given up hope
  4. bring to knees

Reading

Kana

てあげ

Romaji

teage

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 65053 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お手上げ

おてあげ

being done for

上手投げ

うわてなげ

a throw using the outside of the arm

上手

じょうず

flattery

聞き上手

ききじょうず

being a good listener

手提げ

てさげ

handbag

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

Example Sentences

6

I'm at a complete loss!

I'm really up a tree.

This problem baffles me.

This is above me.

Everything is hard. I'm throwing in the towel.

The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.