挟

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

to pincer

to get between; to be caught in

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

pincer

to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

possession of books

to pick up (with chopsticks); to take

Baseball

rundown

pincer operation (tactic)

Slang

ejaculation during mammary intercourse; titjob cumshot

entropion forceps

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

Idiomatic expression

to happen to hear; to overhear

to insert

to interrupt; to slip in a word

to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour; to entertain (e.g. a theory)

Idiomatic expression

to cut in; to butt in

to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

to happen to hear; to overhear

Idiomatic expression

to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way

clothespin; clothes peg

Buddhism

flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

paper holder; paper clip

Idiomatic expression

to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in