Compound verbs#12,892 most used

持て余す

もてあます4

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to find unmanageable

ITS KANJI

彼女かのじょは暇ひまを持もて余あましているらしい。

She doesn't seem to know what to do with her leisure time.

私わたしは時間じかんを持もて余あましている。

I've got time on my hands.

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

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 持て余す this one meaning.

Kind複合動詞, compound verbs

Frequency#12,892 most used

Written持て余す、持てあます、もて余す

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium