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    3. 指す

    指す

    指さす​

    to point

    N3KMT10News #43+1CoreVerb, TransitiveGamesKanji Vocab11 strokes

    さす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to point
    2.
    to nominate, to select someone, to specify some person
    3.
    to identify, to indicate, to point out
    4.
    to play (a game of shogi), to move (a piece)
    shogi
    5.
    to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)

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    彼かれは遠とおくの山やまを指さした。

    He pointed at a distant mountain.

    KMT2Daily LifeNature & Environment
    将しょう棋ぎを指さすのは集しゅう中ちゅう力りょくが必ひつ要ようだ。

    Playing shogi requires concentration.

    KMT10GamesEducation
    その言こと葉ばは、彼かれが何なにを意い図としているのかを明めい確かくに指さしていた。

    Those words clearly indicated what he intended.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれはプロ棋き士しとして、毎まい日にち将しょう棋ぎを指さしている。

    As a professional shogi player, he plays shogi every day.

    KMT10GamesWork & Career
    囲い碁ごも将しょう棋ぎと同おなじく「指さす」という動どう詞しを使つかう。

    For Go, just like shogi, the verb "sasu" is used.

    KMT10GamesCore Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    指
    ゆび・さ.す・-さ.し…(5)
    finger・point to・indicate・put into・play (chess)…(1)
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
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