こと
言
ば
葉
　
を
はさ
挟
　
む

expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to cut in, to butt in.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こと
言
ば
葉
　
を
はさ
挟
　
む
 言葉を挟む ことばをはさむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
pinch, between
キョウ　はさ.む　ショウ (Early High School, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
insert between, (夾 variant)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide