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Keyword
put between
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1357
Old form挾
Readings
はさ
(96%)
ばさ
(1%)
Composed of
扌
left hand
夫
husband
丷
horns
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to get between; to be caught in
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Examples (8 in total)
Ouch! My finger got caught in the door.
I got my foot caught in a train door.
"Excuse me," Ann broke in.
Don't interrupt when people are talking.
He often breaks into the middle of a conversation.
Don't interrupt me while I'm talking.
It is not polite to interrupt someone while he is talking.
René's fingers are caught in the door.