手ぶら

See also: 手ブラ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手
て Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てぶら [tèbúrá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [te̞bɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

手(て)ぶら • (tebura)

empty-handed
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  
  彼(かれ)は魚釣(さかなつ)りに行(い)ったが、夕方(ゆうがた)手(て)ぶらで帰(かえ)って来(き)た
  kare wa sakanatsuri ni itta ga , yūgata tebura de kaette kita
  He went fishing but came back the afternoon empty-handed
(specifically) without gifts

See also

(not to be confused with) 手(て)ブラ (tebura, “handbra”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN