N2790/1725

芯しん

nounnoun (generic)

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しん

Meanings

wick, marrow, staple (for stapler), (pencil) lead, stuffing, pith
core, heart, centre, center
pistil (of a flower)
stamen

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Example sentences

このろうそくの芯しんが短みじかくなってきた。

The wick of this candle has gotten short.

鉛筆えんぴつの芯しんが折おれてしまったので、削けずり直なおした。

The pencil lead broke, so I sharpened it again.

寒さむさが芯しんまで染しみ込こんでくるような夜よるだった。

It was a night where the cold seemed to seep through to the very core.

ホチキスの芯しんが切きれたので、新あたらしいものを補充ほじゅうしなければならない。

The staples ran out, so I have to refill them with new ones.

彼女かのじょは感情かんじょうを表おもてに出ださないが、芯しんの強つよい人物じんぶつだと周囲しゅういから評ひょうされている。

She does not show her emotions outwardly, but those around her regard her as a person with a strong inner core.

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.)