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お手上げ

JLPT N1

being done for, giving up, being in a hopeless situation, not knowing what to do, being brought to one's knees, throwing up (one's) hands

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Part of speech
Noun
Romaji
oteage

Example sentences

kono mondai wa oteage da

I'm at my wit's end with this problem

kono shiken wa oteage, ukaranai

The problem was so difficult that I was completely at a loss.

kono shigoto wa oteage, dareka tasukete

The cause of the machine's breakdown was unknown, and even the engineer seemed stumped.