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縫う

nuu

Description

「縫う」は、はりと糸を使って、ぬのや服をつなぎ合わせることです。

"縫う" means to join cloth or clothes using a needle and thread.

けがをしたとき、病院で傷を縫うこともあります。

When injured, you may also have wounds sewn at the hospital.

Meanings

縫うnuu

to sew with needle and thread

ボタンを縫うのは少し難しい。

Sewing on a button is a bit difficult.

縫うnuu

to stitch up a wound

医者が傷を五針縫った。

The doctor stitched the wound with five stitches.

縫うnuu

to weave through, move between things

人ごみを縫って歩いた。

I walked weaving through the crowd.

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Notes

  • Nuance

    sense 3 (weaving through a crowd) uses 縫う metaphorically, like thread passing through cloth.

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