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挟む はさむ N2

  1. to grip (from both sides); to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks)
  2. to insert; to interpose; to put between; to sandwich between
  3. to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to pinch; to trap
  4. to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings); to interject; to interpose (e.g. an objection); to throw in (e.g. a joke)
  5. to be across (a street, river, etc.); to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to have between each other
  6. to cast (e.g. doubt); to harbour (feelings)
  7. to pincer

小耳に挟む こみみにはさむ

  1. to happen to hear; to overhear

差し挟む さしはさむ

  1. to insert
  2. to interrupt; to slip in a word
  3. to entertain (e.g. a theory); to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour

口を挟む くちをはさむ

  1. to cut into (a conversation); to interject

横から口を挟む よこからくちをはさむ

  1. to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

嘴を挟む くちばしをはさむ

  1. to butt in; to interfere; to meddle; to stick one's nose into (someone else's business)

耳に挟む みみにはさむ

  1. to happen to hear; to overhear

言葉を挟む ことばをはさむ

  1. to butt in; to cut in
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