insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)

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Common Words

挟む挿むハサむ挾むTransitiveGodan verbFreq #1957
1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides)

2

to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose

Examples
彼は耳に鉛筆を挟んだ
He stuck his pencil behind his ear.
3

to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to pinch

Examples
ドアに指をはさみました
I caught my finger in the door.
4

to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings); to interpose (e.g. an objection); to interject; to throw in (e.g. a joke)

5

to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to have between each other; to be across (a street, river, etc.)

Examples
彼らはテーブルをはさんで向かい合った。
They confronted each other across the table.
6

to harbour (feelings); to cast (e.g. doubt)

Examples
彼の態度には疑いをはさむ余地がない。
His behavior is above suspicion.
7

Word usually written using kana alone; Go (game); Usu. ハサむ

to pincer

挿入うにゅう插入NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #8743
1

insertion; incorporation; infixing

Examples
その作家の文体は挿入語句が多い。
The writer has a parenthetic style.
釘を刺す釘をさすクギを刺すくぎをさすExpressionGodan verbFreq #10107
1

Idiomatic expression

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; to drive in a nail

Examples
実際はそんなことあるわけないが、釘を刺すにはちょうどよさそうだ。
There's no way something like that would really happen, but it seemed just right to drive the point home.
挟みはさみハサミNounFreq #13793
1

clip

2

Word usually written using kana alone; Go (game); Usu. ハサミ

pincer

挿すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15973
1

to insert; to put in

Examples
彼はボタンの穴に花を挿した
He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.
2

to plant (a cutting); to strike

3

to arrange (flowers)

4

to wear (a sword) in one's belt

5

to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten

挿れるれるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #18226
1

Slang; From 挿入 and 入れる

to insert (usu. as part of sexual intercourse)

抽送抽挿ちゅうそうNounFreq #23403
1

Slang

in and out movement (esp. during intercourse); pistoning

挿絵挿し絵さし絵しえNounFreq #23537
1

illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture

Examples
この本には美しい挿絵が入っている。
This book is beautifully illustrated.
んざし髪挿NounUsually kanaFreq #27709
1

ornamental hairpin

差し換える差し替える挿し替えるしかえる差替える差換えるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #39209
1

to change; to replace

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