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さす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
2. to sting; to bite
3. to sew; to stitch; to embroider
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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さす
Pitch accent
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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
5 more...
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.