手数

• 読み: てすう
• ローマ字: tesuu
• 漢字の分解: 手 (te) — hand; 数 (suu) — number, count
• 発音: /te.sɯː/

意味

Trouble; bother; the effort or steps required to accomplish something.

A noun describing the effort, labour, or number of steps involved in a task. Most commonly appears in the polite expression お手数ですが (sorry to trouble you, but...) or お手数をおかけします (I apologise for the inconvenience). Also used in board games like shogi and go to mean 'number of moves.' The reading てすう is standard for the 'trouble' meaning; てかず is used for 'number of moves.'

例文

1. お手数ですが、もう一度ご確認いただけますか。
2. 手数のかかる作業だが丁寧にやる必要がある。
3. お手数をおかけして申し訳ございません。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, customer service, formal requests, board games

トーン: polite

起源と歴史

From 手 (te, hand) + 数 (suu, number/count). Literally 'the number of hand-actions,' referring to how many steps or how much manual effort is required. The polite usage emphasises the burden placed on someone.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal