Frequency rank: 2,662.
- hands and feet; limbs
- person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- hands and feet; limbs
- person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
This word refers to the physical body parts of hands and feet or more generally to limbs.
This meaning describes a person who is always available, reliable, and ready to assist.
Generated collocations (experimental)
てあし手足をつかう使うto use one's hands and feetてあし手足があるto have limbsてあし手足がふじゆう不自由to have impaired limbsてあし手足がいたい痛いto have sore limbsたよりにされる頼りにされるてあし手足a reliable workerてあし手足がきく効くto be effective or capable (of a person’s ability)てあし手足をうごかす動かすto move one's hands and feetてあし手足をひきずる引きずるto drag one's limbsてあし手足をつかいこなす使いこなすto master the use of one's hands and feetてあし手足となるto become a person at one's beck and call
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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On warm days, bears stretch out or lie on their backs with their feet in the air.
Early man used his fingers and toes to count the animals he owned, or the measures of grain he had stored.
Tom Skeleton was shaking and trembling in every limb.