Illustration: Beside a sunlit apartment window, a grandparent holds a sewing needle between thumb and forefinger while a child guides thread through its tiny eye. The slender metal shaft and sharp point remain fully visible above a torn cloth rabbit waiting for repair.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

針はり

hari

needle, pin

Example sentences

  1. 針はりで親指おやゆびを突ついてしまった。

    I pricked my thumb with a needle.

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  2. 彼かれは針はりで指ゆびを刺さした。

    He hurt his finger with a needle.

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  3. 針はりに糸いとを通とおしておくれ。

    Please thread the needle for me.

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Kanji in 針

  • 針needle; pinOnシンKunはり

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