Word Meaning 手慰み

てなぐさみ tenagusami

手慰み is read as てなぐさみ (tenagusami) and means gambling.

Meaning

English

  1. gambling
  2. fingering an object (in killing time)
  3. amusing oneself
  4. diversion

Reading

Kana

てなぐさみ

Romaji

tenagusami

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 76817 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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手帳

てちょう

certificate

手錠

てじょう

confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)

手柄

てがら

achievement

手振り

てぶり

(hand) gesture

手当たり次第

てあたりしだい

using anything one can lay one's hands on

手綱

たづな

control

手控え

てびかえ

holding oneself back

手応え

てごたえ

response (felt in the hands)

手提げ

てさげ

handbag

手製

てせい

handmade

手堅い

てがたい

steady

手弁当

てべんとう

working without pay