Japanese

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Kanji in this term
くち
Grade: 1
はさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
口を挾む (kyūjitai)
口をはさむ

Etymology

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(kuchi, mouth) +‎ (o, particle) +‎ 挟む (hasamu, to put between; to insert; to interpose), literally "to insert one's mouth into (a conversation)"

Verb

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(くち)(はさ) (kuchi o hasamugodan (stem (くち)(はさ) (kuchi o hasami), past (くち)(はさ)んだ (kuchi o hasanda))

  1. (idiomatic) to cut into a conversation, to get a word in edgeways, to interject

Conjugation

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