Understaffed in Japanese
In Japanese
人手が足りない
hitode ga tarinai
Definition
Definition in EnglishCurrently having too few employees available to handle the work.
Definition in Japanese仕事をこなすのに必要な人数が揃っていない状態。
Example sentences
今日は人手が足りなくて、観賞魚コーナーの補充まで手が回ってないんです。
We're understaffed today, so I haven't had a chance to restock the aquarium section.
昨日は人手が足りなかったみたいで、一人でレジも水槽の世話もやってたよ。
They seemed understaffed yesterday; one person was handling both the till and the fish tanks.