お手上げ (oteage)

all over, given in, given up hope, bring to knees

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

お手上げ (おてあげ, oteage) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “all over, given in, given up hope, bring to knees”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 5

なにもかもがむずかしい。お手上てあげだい。

Everything is hard. I'm throwing in the towel.

これ、私にはお手上げだよ。

This is above me.

この問題にはお手上げだ。

This problem baffles me.

まったくお手上げだ。

Everything's a little crazy right now.