はさむ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はさむ – see the following entries.
【挟む】
[verb] [from 950] to securely insert, inject, stick into, sandwich between, pinch / catch / hold between, especially such that it does not easily come out
[verb] [from 1116] to put in between, to put in the middle
[verb] [from 1560] to possess, to hold, to accompany
[verb] [from 1890s] to hold in one's heart
[verb] [date uncertain] to hear about, to pick up on, to get wind of: often as part of the longer phrase 耳に挟む (mimi ni hasamu, literally “to stick into one's ear”)
[verb] [from 1880s] to interject, to jump in to a conversation: often as part of the longer phrase 口を挟む (kuchi o hasamu, literally “to stick one's mouth in”)
Alternative spelling
挿む
【剪む】
[verb] clip, snip
【鋏む】
[verb] cut off
(This term, はさむ (hasamu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as はさむ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はさむ.

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