Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

    彼女は暇を持て余しているらしい。
    She doesn't seem to know what to do with her leisure time.

Also written 持てあます【もてあます】もて余す【もてあます】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hold, have

Kun
も.つ-も.ちも.てる
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
119 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

もちもつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3c6.8The Kanji Dictionary
5404.1Four corner code
1348deroo
6301Unicode hex code
1-27-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1903Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2151New Nelson (John Haig)
374New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
447Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
275Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
660Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
712Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
184A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
801Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
50Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12019Morohashi
294A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
451Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
458Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231sakade
178Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
310henshall3
328Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
94crowley
142Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
889Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
667Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chi2Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder

Kun
あま.るあま.りあま.すあんま.り
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
680 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

あまる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-5SKIP code
2a5.24The Kanji Dictionary
8090.4Four corner code
2841deroo
4f59Unicode hex code
1-45-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
408Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
168New Nelson (John Haig)
2042New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2535Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1289Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1757Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1657Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1786Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
735A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
448Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
483Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
515Morohashi
800A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1063Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1109Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
728sakade
313Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
820henshall3
675Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
468crowley
959Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
50Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1673Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu2, tu2Pinyin reading
yeoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level