手が後ろに回る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	後	回
Grade: 1	Grade: 2	Grade: 2

Verb

手(て)が後(うし)ろに回(まわ)る • (te ga ushiro ni mawaru) godan (stem 手(て)が後(うし)ろに回(まわ)り (te ga ushiro ni mawari), past 手(て)が後(うし)ろに回(まわ)った (te ga ushiro ni mawatta))

1. (literally) have one's hands behind one's back
2. (idiomatic) be arrested