插む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
插
はさ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 插む – see the following entry.
【挟はさむ】
[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
(This term, 插む, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (挿む) of the above term.)
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