Illustration: At a living-room sewing table, a person lifting a folded shirt discovers that a sewing needle is stuck through the thick cuff of their own cardigan. The needle’s sharp end emerges from the fabric, while a loose length of thread hangs from its eye.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

刺ささる

sasaru

to get stuck in, to pierce

Example sentences

  1. 釘くぎが車くるまのタイヤに刺ささった。

    A nail punctured the tire.

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  2. 骨ほねが喉のどにささった。

    The bone caught in my throat.

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  3. この指ゆびに刺とげがささって取とれません。

    I can’t get this splinter out of my finger.

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Kanji in 刺

  • 刺thorn; pierceOnシKunさす・ささる・さし

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