Meaning

Primary

To Hand Over

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Remember how you learned that 渡す means "to hand over?" Well you can use your actual hand to hand over something too!

Reading

てわたす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings for this word are both kun'yomi readings. You learned them when you learned the kanji, so you should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

プレゼントを手渡す勇気はありません。

I don’t have the courage to hand him the present.

Kanji Composition