差し挟む

• 読み: さしはさむ
• ローマ字: sashihasamu
• 漢字の分解: 差 (sa) — to extend, to interpose; 挟 (kyō/hasamu) — to sandwich, to insert between
• 発音: /sa.ɕi.ha.sa.mɯ/

意味

To insert; to interpose; to interject something between others or into a conversation.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb from 差し (prefix of direction) and 挟む (to sandwich, to pinch between). It describes the act of inserting an object, comment, or objection into a space or conversation. Common fixed expressions include 疑義を差し挟む (to raise doubts) and 口を差し挟む (to interject in conversation), both carrying a slightly formal register used in official or literary contexts.

例文

1. 彼は会議中に何度も口を差し挟んで議論を脱線させた。
2. 条約の文言に疑義を差し挟む余地はないと外相は述べた。
3. 彼女は二人の口論に無理やり意見を差し挟んだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: formal discourse, legal, debate, literary

トーン: assertive

起源と歴史

Compound of 差し (directional prefix, from 差す) and 挟む (to pinch or sandwich between, from the kanji 挟 depicting pressing from both sides). The image is of forcing something into a narrow space that would otherwise remain closed.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated