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さす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
Are you going to stab me with that sword?
2. to sting; to bite
rarely also written 螫す
You were stung by an insect, weren't you?
3. to sew; to stitch; to embroider
My grandmother embroidered a flower on a handkerchief for me.
4. to pole (a boat)
5. to catch (with a limed pole)
6. to put (a runner) out; to pick off
Alt. forms
刺さす
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螫さす
さす
Pitch accent
さ
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Conjugations...
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
5 more...
Examples (21 in total)
Were you stung by a bee?
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
Ouch!! I've been stung by a bee!!
Tom was stabbed in the back.
I stuck my fork into the sausage.
Are you going to stab me with that sword?
She stabbed him in the back.
Let's refrain from stabbing people with knives.
Do those insects sting?
I've been badly bitten by mosquitoes.
I got bitten by a mosquito and my arm itches.
Brutus stabs Caesar, and Caesar falls.
I've lost count of how many times I've pricked my finger with a needle.
My grandmother embroidered a flower on a handkerchief for me.
There is a stabbing pain in my side.
My mother was stitching cleaning rags from old cloth.
A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.
The dry air of a winter morning stings my cheeks.
I feel drowsy for a moment and prick my finger with the needle.
"Have you ever been stung by a wasp?" "Yes – once, as a child."
When I try to think, the stabbing pain in my head gets worse.