針 – Vocabulary details

針はり

Meanings

Noun

1. needle; pin

2. hook

3. stinger; thorn

4. hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

5. staple (for a stapler)

6. needlework; sewing

7. malice

Counter

Suffix

8. counter for stitches

Alt. forms

Kanji used

針

needle

Pitch accent

は

り

Used in: 2752

Used in vocabulary (47 in total)

pincushion

seamstress

needlework; sewing

Examples (7 in total)

針はりと糸いとを持もっていませんか。

Don't you have a needle and some thread?

変へんな魚さかなが針はりにかかっている。

A strange fish is on the hook.

私わたしが針はりに糸いとを通とおしてあげるよ。

I'll thread the needle for you.