Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. stechen; einstechen; durchstechen
2. stechen; beißen
3. sticken; nähen
4. staken
Kanji used
stab
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
stechen; durchstechen; durchbohren
jmdn. erinnern; jmdn. mahnen; jmdn. warnen
den Gnadenstoß geben; einen Fangstoß versetzen; beenden; es gibt nichts Besseres als
Examples (12 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.
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've been bitten by mosquitos all over my arm.
Brutus stabs Caesar, and Caesar falls.
"Have you ever been stung by a wasp?" "Yes – once, as a child."
A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.