てつき

[手付き] ¶→器用な手付きで

¶→不器用な手付きで

¶彼ははしを使う～がまだぎこちない

He is still awkward with chopsticks.

手つき
way of doing something

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てつき【手付き】

¶ → 器用な手付きで

¶ → 不器用な手付きで

¶彼ははしを使う～がまだぎこちない

He is still awkward with chopsticks.

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てつき【手付き】

a way of using one's hand; a motion [gesture] of the hand.

●竹かごを編む職人の鮮やかな手付き the skillful use of the hands of a craftsman weaving a bamboo basket.

●ぎこちない手付きでオムレツをつくる make an omelet(te) clumsily [with clumsy movements]

・あぶなっかしい[慣れた]手付きで with [in] an uncertain [a practiced] hand

・慣れない手付きで酌をする awkwardly fill sb's sake cup.

●手付きをまねする imitate sb's hand motions [movements].

●「あの手付きは何?」「あれは手話だよ」 “What are they doing with their hands?”―“They're using sign language.”