Keyword
stab
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig446
Readings
(48%)
(46%)
(1%)
さし
(1%)
とげ
(1%)
Composed of
tree
crooked seal
knife
Used in vocabulary (194 in total)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
Examples (50 in total)
Do those insects sting?
Let's refrain from stabbing people with knives.
He stuck his knife into the tree.
She stabbed him in the back.
I was bitten by a lot of insects in the forest.
There was a knife stuck in the pillar.
It looks like a fish bone got stuck in my throat.
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
That lecture really stimulated me.
People tend to require strong stimuli.
The doctor says stimulus is needed for appetite.
Like a thorn stuck in your throat.
Here's my business card.
Do you have a business card?
Ouch!! I've been stung by a bee!!
The workers have no incentive to work harder.
I've been badly bitten by mosquitoes.
A mosquito just bit me.
I was bitten by a mosquito.
I've been bitten by mosquitos all over my arm.
The baseball game was so exciting that everyone stayed until the very end.
It is an exciting city, New York.
Cities are exciting places, but also stressful.
A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.
Tom was stabbed in the back.
Tom was stung by a bee.
Which plate should I serve sashimi on?
You don't like sashimi, do you?
I like sashimi.
Tom has tattoos all over his body.
Do you have a tattoo?
The pin pierced his finger and it began to bleed.
Were you stung by a bee?
I got stung by a bee.
When I was stung by an angry bee, my face swelled up.
Ouch! I was stung by a bee.
A rose has thorns on its stem.
Tom was stabbed to death.
There's a thorn in my finger and I can't get it out.
She embroidered her initials on a white handkerchief.
Falling interest rates have stimulated the automobile market.
The convenience store employee chased the thief and was stabbed to death.
A mother and her two children were stabbed to death in a slasher incident.
"Have you ever been stung by a wasp?" "Yes – once, as a child."
The play is a satire on the political world.
Someone stabbed Tom with an ice pick, but he's OK now.
Brutus stabs Caesar, and Caesar falls.
Tom has never eaten raw horse meat.
A stimulating new book attracts attention.
Tax cuts are often used as a major fiscal tool to stimulate the economy.