JLPT N2 · Verb

挟まる (hasamaru)

挟まる (はさまる, hasamaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get between; to be caught in”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はさまる
Romaji
hasamaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to get between; to be caught in · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

ハッキリ言ってくれよ。そんな奥歯に物のはさまったような言い方しないで。
Quit talking like you've got something stuck in your mouth and say what you mean.

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

Conjugation of 挟まる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary挟まるはさまる hasamaru
Polite (~masu)挟まりますはさまります hasamarimasu
Negative挟まらないはさまらない hasamaranai
Polite negative挟まりませんはさまりません hasamarimasen
Past挟まったはさまった hasamatta
Polite past挟まりましたはさまりました hasamarimashita
Negative past挟まらなかったはさまらなかった hasamaranakatta
Te-form挟まってはさまって hasamatte
Potential挟まれるはさまれる hasamareru
Passive挟まられるはさまられる hasamarareru
Causative挟まらせるはさまらせる hasamaraseru
Volitional挟まろうはさまろう hasamarou
Imperative挟まれはさまれ hasamare
Conditional (~ba)挟まればはさまれば hasamareba

Kanji in 挟まる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 挟まる.

Source: JMdict entry 1236840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.