刺

Meaning

刺 centers on a sharp point penetrating a surface: a thorn, a piercing stab, a prick, or a sting. The calling card sense is a metaphorical extension—a pointed social insertion.

• 刺激しげき
  N3

  stimulus; stimulation; irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes)

• 刺すさす
  N2

  to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust

• 刺しさし

  grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags

• 名刺めいし
  N4

  business card

• 刺さるささる
  N2

  to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

• 刺身さしみ
  N3

  sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

• 刺青しせい

  tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

• 風刺ふうし
  N1

  satire; irony; sarcasm

• 刺とげ
  N1

  thorn; spine; prickle

• 刺繍ししゅう
  N1

  embroidery

• 刺客しかく

  assassin

• 刺殺しさつ

  stabbing to death

• 串刺しくしざし

  skewering; skewered food

• 馬刺しばさし

  horse sashimi; horse meat sashimi; basashi

• 突き刺さるつきささる

  to stick (into); to pierce

• 突き刺すつきさす
  N1

  to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

• 有刺鉄線ゆうしてっせん

  barbed wire

• 穿刺せんし

  paracentesis; centesis; puncture; tap

• 刺傷ししょう

  stab; puncture wound

• 刺草いらくさ

  Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)

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