JLPT N2 · Verb

挟む (hasamu)

挟む (はさむ, hasamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はさむ
Romaji: hasamu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides) · godan verb, transitive
to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose · godan verb, transitive
to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to pinch · godan verb, transitive
to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings); to interpose (e.g. an objection); to interject; to throw in (e.g. a joke) · godan verb, transitive
to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to have between each other; to be across (a street, river, etc.) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は耳に鉛筆を挟んだ。

He stuck his pencil behind his ear.

Tatoeba #105247

ドアに指をはさみました。

I caught my finger in the door.

Tatoeba #201873

彼らはテーブルをはさんで向かい合った。

They confronted each other across the table.

Tatoeba #97785

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 挟む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	挟む	はさむ hasamu
Polite (~masu)	挟みます	はさみます hasamimasu
Negative	挟まない	はさまない hasamanai
Polite negative	挟みません	はさみません hasamimasen
Past	挟んだ	はさんだ hasanda
Polite past	挟みました	はさみました hasamimashita
Negative past	挟まなかった	はさまなかった hasamanakatta
Te-form	挟んで	はさんで hasande
Potential	挟める	はさめる hasameru
Passive	挟まれる	はさまれる hasamareru
Causative	挟ませる	はさませる hasamaseru
Volitional	挟もう	はさもう hasamou
Imperative	挟め	はさめ hasame
Conditional (~ba)	挟めば	はさめば hasameba

Kanji in 挟む

挟

pinch, betweenキョウ・ショウ・はさ.む・はさ.まる · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 挟む.

挟まるはさまるto get between

Source: JMdict entry 1600740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.