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挿す

さす

to insert, to put in, to stick in, to graft, to wear (a sword) in one's belt

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Examples

  1. 彼はボタンの穴に花を挿した。

    かれはボタンのあなにはなをさした。

    He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.

  2. 花びんに庭の花を挿しておきました。

    かびんににわのはなをさしておきました。

    I put some flowers from the garden in the vase.

  3. この枝を土に挿すと、根が出てきますよ。

    このえだをつちにさすと、ねがでてきますよ。

    If you stick this branch in the soil, it will grow roots.

Common patterns

花を挿す
to arrange / put flowers in a vase
花びんに挿す
to put in a vase
枝を挿す
to take a cutting, to plant a cutting

Memory tip

All the さす verbs sound alike: 刺す pierces (a mosquito bites), 指す points, 差す holds up an umbrella or shines in, and 挿す slides something into a gap — a flower into a vase, a comb into hair.

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