<entry id="1990356" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2125840</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>手が離せない</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>手が放せない</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>手がはなせない</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>てがはなせない</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>unable to leave the work at hand</gloss>
<gloss>right in the middle of something</gloss>
<gloss>tied up</gloss>
<gloss>busy</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2007-01-21 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2015-11-09 22:15:36" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>luce</upd_name>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adj-i;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2015-11-09 23:06:59" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-09 05:17:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,2 +13,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;having to continue doing the work at hand&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;right in the middle of something&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;being unable to leave the work at hand&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;being right in the middle of something&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-14 11:12:37" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-06 03:15:16" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>A lot of people are using 放せない, probably because it's the same reading and a similar meaning. I'm not sure it warrants an "iK".
Not sure the "being" is needed.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>手が離せない	20535
手が放せない	2076
手がはなせない	807
Eijiro (several examples, e.g. "今ちょっと手が放せないんだ : I'm a kind of in the middle of something."), Tanaka: 申し訳ありませんが、ただいまルーニー氏は手が放せません。</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,6 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;手が放せない&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;手がはなせない&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -15,0 +22,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;tied up&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;busy&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-06 21:30:59" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I agree that "being" is unnecessary.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -20,2 +20,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;being unable to leave the work at hand&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;being right in the middle of something&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;unable to leave the work at hand&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;right in the middle of something&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>