skewering; skewered food
Refers to the act of skewering food or to food on a skewer. Common in cooking contexts.
Yakitori is grilled on skewers.
We served skewered fruit at the party.
piercing; impaling; running through
Used for violent piercing with a weapon, often implying killing. Can be literal or figurative.
He impaled the enemy with a spear.
Those words pierced his heart.
federated search; cross-database search; multi-database search
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
Variant without okurigana; less common but seen in some contexts.
Compound of 串 (kushi, 'skewer') and 刺し (sashi, 'piercing', from 刺す). The literal meaning is 'skewer-piercing'.