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鋏

はさみ

scissors; shears; (crab or insect) pincers

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Examples

  1. 鋏で紙を切った。

    はさみでかみをきった。

    I cut the paper with scissors.

  2. ジェイはその古い鋏を拾い上げた。

    じぇいはそのふるいはさみをひろいあげた。

    Jay picked up the old scissors.

  3. 美容師は鋏で髪を手早く整えた。

    びようしははさみでかみをてばやくととのえた。

    The stylist trimmed the hair quickly with her scissors.

  4. カニが大きな鋏を振り上げた。

    かにがおおきなはさみをふりあげた。

    The crab raised its big claws.

Common patterns

鋏で切る
to cut with scissors
鋏を入れる
to make a cut in something
植木鋏
garden shears

Memory tip

Everyday writing uses はさみ in kana; 鋏 carries the metal radical 金. The same word covers a crab's claws, and 鋏を入れる means to make the first cut — also what a conductor used to do to a ticket.

Kanji in this word

  • 鋏Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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