持て余す (もてあます)to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control

Kanji in 持て余す

• 持Hold; HaveRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N4
• 余Too Much; Myself; SurplusRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N3

Words that share its kanji

• 支持しじsupport; backing
• 気持ちきもちfeeling; sensation
• 維持いじmaintenance; preservation
• 保持ほじretention; maintenance
• 持ちもちhaving; holding
• 持ち込むもちこむto take something into ...; to bring in
• 持ち味もちあじinherent flavor; inherent flavour
• 持つもつto hold (in one's hand); to take
• 余裕よゆうsurplus; margin
• 余地よちplace; room
• 余儀ないよぎないunavoidable; inevitable
• 余儀なくよぎなくunavoidably; necessarily
• 余暇よかleisure; leisure time
• 余計よけいtoo many; too much
• 余りにあまりにtoo much; excessively
• 余りあまりremainder; remnant