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持て余す is an exact match with one form of the following word:
持て余す
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Reading : もてあます   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 47,674 which gives a rank of 31,342
持て余す is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 107,000 (about 1,520,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
ひま
あま
している
らしい
She doesn't seem to know what to do with her leisure time.
わたし
じかん
時間
あま
している

I've got time on my hands.
ぼく
ひま
もてあましている
I don't know what to do with my leisure.
持てあます
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Reading : もてあます   
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 124,000 (about 945,000 results)
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もてあます
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 191,000 (about 330,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
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