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jmdict 2767920 Active (id: 1968192)
手がない手が無い
てがない
1. [exp,adj-i] [id]
▶ not having enough workers
▶ being understaffed
▶ being undermanned
2. [exp,adj-i] [id]
▶ having nothing one can do about something
▶ having no options

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2018-01-14 10:31:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2018-01-09 05:11:29  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -22,0 +24 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
3. A 2013-02-06 09:56:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
手がない leads 手はない in hits 5:2. Not to say we can't have both.
I find lost amendments are usually a case of forgetting to click "Submit".
2. A* 2013-02-06 03:18:32  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, eij
  Comments:
i think an amendment i made to this this morning got dropped...
  Diff:
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@
-<gloss>there is no one</gloss>
-<gloss>there is nothing</gloss>
-<gloss>there is no way</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<gloss>not having enough workers</gloss>
+<gloss>being understaffed</gloss>
+<gloss>being undermanned</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<gloss>having nothing one can do about something</gloss>
+<gloss>having no options</gloss>
1. A* 2013-02-05 16:36:44  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/"手が無い"  
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/148849/m0u/
  Comments:
This can also be 手は無い, but I've noticed that for phrases that can take は or が, the JMDICT tends to have the が version, rather than the は version.

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