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刺す

JLPT N3 Vocabulary

刺す（さす）

to stab; to sting

Reading: さす
Sino-Vietnamese: thích
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Transitive verb; the intransitive pair is 刺さる: 蚊に刺される, 針で刺す, ナイフで刺す. The passive 蚊に刺された (I was bitten by a mosquito) is common. Do not confuse with 指す (to point) and 差す (to shine in, to put up an umbrella).

Examples

昨夜、蚊に腕を刺された。Last night a mosquito bit me on the arm.
犯人はナイフで男を刺した。The culprit stabbed the man with a knife.

Easily confused with

刺さる
突く
差す
指す

More JLPT N3 Vocabulary

刺さるささるthíchto stick in; to be stuck in
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