<entry id="2098360" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2848751</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>手に負える</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>手におえる</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>てにおえる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v1;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2084650">手に負えない</xref>
<s_inf>usu. in the negative</s_inf>
<gloss>to be manageable</gloss>
<gloss>to be able to handle</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-03-29 18:58:13" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Chris Vasselli</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>I don't see an entry for this in Daijirin or on weblio, but I encountered it in the wild and it seems unique enough of a construction that it's worth having its own entry. JMdict already has an entry for 手に負えない, which is more 
common.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://www.waeijisho.net/word.html?id=32684
https://www.edrdg.org/~jwb/cgi-bin/ngramlookup?sent=手に負える

ngrams:
手に負える: 10142
手におえる: 2689</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-29 21:44:31" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I'm a little surprised how common this one is.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;able to handle&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;manageable&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to be manageable&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to be able to handle&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-30 17:01:31" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Most of the occurrences of 手に負える are actually negative (e.g. 手に負えるものではない).</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>手に負える	10142
手に負えない	95449</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,0 +16,2 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2084650"&gt;手に負えない&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;usu. in the negative&lt;/s_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>