挿

Computing

insertion point

insertion switch

(cartridge) clip

Obsolete term

rice planting

Rare term

bolt

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

Idiomatic expression

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

clip

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

pincer

Slang

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

ornamental hairpin

to change; to replace

to exchange; to replace

to shift personnel; to replace one person with another

Usu. 指(し)物

cabinetwork; joinery

Often 挿(し)物

hair ornament; hairpin

Archaic

colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period

small vase for one or two flowers

flower arrangement of one or two flowers

tracheal intubation; intubation

extrapolation

Medicine

endotracheal intubation; intratracheal intubation

interpolation

hairpin shop

Historical term

wide-mouthed ceramic vessel with a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids; from the Kofun period)

teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids

teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids

basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands

incorrect insertion (of equipment, unit, part)

extrapolation method

direct planting of a cutting in the ground