挿む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
插む (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 挿む – see the following entry.
はさ
[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)
(This term, 挿む, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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