Illustration: In the hallway of a Japanese apartment, a soft house slipper is wedged between a sliding door and its wooden frame. The door has stopped just short of closing, tightly compressing the slipper’s broad toe.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

挟はさまる

hasamaru

to get caught between

Example sentences

  1. 女おんなの子この指ゆびがドアにはさまった。

    A little girl caught her fingers in the door.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ルネの指ゆびがドアに挟はさまっている。

    René’s fingers are caught in the door.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ドアに手てが挟はさまる

    I caught my hand in the door.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 挟

  • 挟pinch; betweenOnキョウ・ショウKunはさむ・はさまる・わきばさむ

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