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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
す
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
to prick with a needle
to have a pungent smell; to have an acrid smell
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
to chill one's bones (e.g. because of cold, pain, etc.); to be very cold; to be scathing
to make a cutting remark; (lit.) to stab someone with a short blade
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!!
18 more...