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しん
Meanings
Noun
1. wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith
I lit the candle's wick.
2. core; heart; centre; center
The strength of a person's core is what emerges at times like these.
3. pistil (of a flower)
4. stamen
Alt. forms
芯しん
99%
しん
Pitch accent
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Used in: 20
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
lead of a pencil
apple core; core of an apple
dead center (of a baseball bat); sweet spot
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Examples (12 in total)
I lit the candle's wick.
The lead in my mechanical pencil broke.
My body has become cold to the core.
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