Scissors in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA hand-operated cutting implement with two blades joined at a pivot and finger loops that bring the blades together.

Definition in Japanese持ち手の穴に指を入れ、支点でつながった二枚の刃を開閉して物を切る道具。

Example sentences

• 手(て)が届(とど)くように、私(わたし)のはさみは鏡(かがみ)の横(よこ)に置(お)いといてください。🔊

  Please leave my scissors beside the mirror so I can reach them.

• このはさみ、紙(かみ)が切(き)れなくて、折(お)れ曲(ま)がっちゃうんだけど。🔊

  These scissors keep folding the paper instead of cutting it.

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