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    3. 刺す

    刺す

    刺さす​

    to pierce

    N2KMT8News #20+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeSports & Martial ArtsMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab10 strokes

    螫す

    さす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick, to thrust
    2.
    to sting, to bite
    3.
    to sew, to stitch, to embroider
    4.
    to pole (a boat)
    5.
    to catch (with a limed pole)
    6.
    to put (a runner) out, to pick off
    baseball

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    蚊かが腕うでを刺さした。

    A mosquito bit my arm.

    KMT3Daily LifeAnimals
    彼かれはナイフで相あい手てを刺さそうとした。

    He tried to stab his opponent with a knife.

    KMT8Daily Life
    医い者しゃは患かん者じゃの腕うでに注ちゅう射しゃ針ばりを刺さした。

    The doctor inserted the injection needle into the patient's arm.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    野や球きゅうの試し合あいで、ランナーがホームで刺さされた。

    In the baseball game, the runner was tagged out at home plate.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かの女じょは針はりで布ぬのに美うつくしい模も様ようを刺さしゅうした。

    She embroidered a beautiful pattern on the cloth with a needle.

    KMT9Art & DesignDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    刺
    さ.す・さ.さる・さ.し・さし・とげ…(1)
    thorn・pierce・stab・prick・sting…(1)
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
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