挟む
はさむ
Also written 挿む, ハサむ, 挾む
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive 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)
- to pincer (usu. ハサむ) See also: はさみ.
Kanji
- 挟 pinch. Read as はさむ.
Example sentences
- 口をはさむな。
Mind your own business! - ロイはいつも僕たちの話に口をはさむんだ。
Lois always butts into our conversation. - ベスは人の会話に口をはさむ強い癖があります。
Beth has a strong habit of interrupting people while they are talking. - ドアに指をはさむなんて彼は何と不注意なんだ。
How careless he was to pinch his fingers in the door! - ドアに指をはさみました。
I caught my finger in the door.
Common phrases
- 川を挟む
- 間に挟む
- 道路を挟む
- 通りを挟む
- 中断を挟む
- パンに挟む
- 道を挟む
- 線路を挟む
- 口を挟む (くちをはさむ) to cut into (a conversation)
- 休憩を挟む
- 引き分けを挟む
- 通路を挟む
- パンで挟む
- 私情を挟む
- 小耳に挟む (こみみにはさむ) to happen to hear
Words containing 挟む
- 挟み込む (はさみこむ) to insert
- 挟み撃ち (はさみうち) attack on both sides
- 挟み上げる (はさみあげる) to pick up (with chopsticks)
And 3 more.