はさみ
hasaminoun
In hiragana, "scissors" is はさみ (hasami). Japanese treats it as a single noun, so you do not add a plural ending.
The usual verb is きる (kiru), to cut: はさみできる (hasami de kiru) means to cut with scissors. To ask to borrow a pair, say はさみをかしてください (hasami o kashite kudasai).
Meaning: scissors (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The particle で (de) marks the tool you use, so はさみで means with scissors.
Did you know?
- The same word はさみ (hasami) is also used for the claw of a crab.
Examples in context
- はさみをかしてください。Hasami o kashite kudasai.Please lend me the scissors.
- はさみでかみをきります。Hasami de kami o kirimasu.I cut paper with scissors.
- はさみはどこにありますか。Hasami wa doko ni arimasu ka.Where are the scissors?
Example conversation
Emi is wrapping a gift and asks her older brother Shun for help.
- Emiおにいちゃん、はさみはどこ。Onīchan, hasami wa doko.Big brother, where are the scissors?
- Shunつくえのなかにあるよ。Tsukue no naka ni aru yo.They are in the desk.
- Emiあった、ありがとう。Atta, arigatō.Found them, thanks.
