N2848/1725

挟はさむ

obsolete kanjigodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbusually written using kana alonego (game)

Reading

はさむ

Meanings

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

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Example sentences

指ゆびをドアに挟はさんで、とても痛いたかった。

I caught my finger in the door and it really hurt.

パンにハムとチーズを挟はさんでサンドイッチを作つくった。

I made a sandwich by putting ham and cheese between the bread.

川かわを挟はさんで、二ふたつの町まちが向むかい合あっている。

Two towns face each other across the river.

会議かいぎの途中とちゅうで疑問ぎもんを挟はさむのは失礼しつれいだと思おもう人ひともいる。

Some people think it is rude to interpose a question in the middle of a meeting.

長ながい議論ぎろんの間あいだに冗談じょうだんを一ひとつ挟はさまないと、場ばの雰囲気ふんいきが重おもくなってしまう。

If you don't throw in at least one joke during a long debate, the atmosphere in the room gets heavy.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)