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針
hari
Description
「針」は、先がとても細くてとがった、細長い金属の道具です。
"針" is a long, thin metal tool with a very fine, pointed tip.
服をぬう時や、時計の時間を示す部分など、いろいろな場面で使われます。
It is used in various situations, such as sewing clothes or the hands that indicate time on a clock.
Meanings
針hari
needle for sewing
針に糸を通すのが難しい。
It's difficult to thread the needle.
針hari
hand or pointer of a clock or gauge
時計の針が三時を指している。
The clock's hand points to three o'clock.
針hari
stinger, thorn, or sharp spine
ハチの針に刺されて痛い。
It hurts to be stung by a bee's sting.
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Notes
- Nuance
針 covers many thin pointed things — sewing needles, clock hands, insect stingers, fish hooks, and injections.
- Etymology
also read shin in compounds like 針灸 (shinkyuu, acupuncture) and 秒針 (byoushin, second hand).
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