JLPT N1 · Noun

お手上げ (oteage)

お手上げ (おてあげ, oteage) is a Japanese noun meaning “being done for; giving up”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おてあげ
Romaji: oteage
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees · noun

Example sentences

火災で全てのコンピューターディスクが駄目になってしまった時、会社はもうお手上げの状況だった。

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

Tatoeba #186718

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in お手上げ

手

handシュ・ズ・て・て- · 4 strokes

上

above, upジョウ・ショウ・うえ・-うえ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お手上げ.

手てhand切手きってstamp (postage)上手じょうずskillful手紙てがみletter下手へたunskillfulお手洗いおてあらいtoilet手袋てぶくろglove運転手うんてんしゅdriver手伝うてつだうto help手術しゅじゅつsurgery手段しゅだんmeans助手じょしゅassistant相手あいてcompanion握手あくしゅhandshake

Source: JMdict entry 1002080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.