針 – Vocabulary details

針はり

Meanings

Noun

1. needle; pin

何なん度ど針はりで指ゆびを刺さした事ことか。I've lost count of how many times I've pricked my finger with a needle.

2. hook

3. stinger; thorn

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

これから、止とまっていた時ときの針はりが動うごき出だすだろう。From now on, the hand of time, which had been stopped, will begin to move.

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: 3025

Used in vocabulary (52 in total)

seamstress

pincushion

eye of a needle

Examples (17 in total)

飛とび出だしたものは、針はりだった。

What flew out was a needle.

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?

針はりで親おや指ゆびを刺さしちゃった。

I pricked my thumb with a needle.