手掛かり[てがかり] (tegakari)

contact, trail, scent, on hand, hand hold, clue, key

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 2
  • #23534 most frequent
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Meaning

手掛かり (てがかり, tegakari) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “contact, trail, scent, on hand, hand hold, clue, key”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 7

これは 事件じけん 解決かいけつ手掛てがかりになります

This will be the clue to solving the case.

日経平均は手掛かり難で続落した。

The Nikkei Stock Average continued to fall on lack of incentives.

ここの くだりも 手掛てがかりがないので 危険きけんだ。

The downclimb here is also dangerous as there are no handholds.

その殺人者の正体は手掛かりがまったくなかった。

There was no clue to the identity of the murderer.