NichiDict

挟む

N2
さしはさむ
差し挟む差し挾む
[sashihasamu]
Illustration for 挟む

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to insert

2.GodanTransitive

to interrupt; to slip in a word

3.GodanTransitive

to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour; to entertain (e.g. a theory)

Other Readings

挟む」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

箸で豆腐を上手に挟むのは難しい。

It's hard to pick up tofu well with chopsticks.

彼は腕を組んで本を脇に挟んでいた

He had his arms crossed with a book under his arm.

二つの国に挟まれた小さな国がある。

There is a small country sandwiched between two countries.