I Love Kanji刺さる (sasaru)
刺さる (ささる, sasaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ささる
- Romaji
- sasaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in) · godan verb, intransitive
- to resonate emotionally; to move · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 刺さる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 刺さる | ささる sasaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 刺さります | ささります sasarimasu |
| Negative | 刺さらない | ささらない sasaranai |
| Polite negative | 刺さりません | ささりません sasarimasen |
| Past | 刺さった | ささった sasatta |
| Polite past | 刺さりました | ささりました sasarimashita |
| Negative past | 刺さらなかった | ささらなかった sasaranakatta |
| Te-form | 刺さって | ささって sasatte |
| Potential | 刺される | さされる sasareru |
| Passive | 刺さられる | ささられる sasarareru |
| Causative | 刺さらせる | ささらせる sasaraseru |
| Volitional | 刺さろう | ささろう sasarou |
| Imperative | 刺され | さされ sasare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 刺されば | さされば sasareba |
Kanji in 刺さる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 刺さる.
刺激しげきstimulus刺すさすto pierce名刺めいしbusiness card刺身さしみsashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)刺繍ししゅうembroidery
Source: JMdict entry 1306390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.