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Japanese

Kanji in this term
握 鋏
にぎ
Grade: S 		はさみ > ばさみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

握り鋏: a pair of Japanese-style scissors

握(にぎ)り鋏(ばさみ) • (nigiribasami) 

  1. one-piece scissors; Japanese-style scissors
    Synonym: 和鋏 (wabasami)
    Hyponym: はさみ (hasami)
    • 1995, Yamaji Shizuko, Kodomo no kokoro o nobasu no wa okāsan ‎, page 12:
      日(に)本(ほん)のいわゆる握(にぎ)り鋏(ばさみ)は左(さ)右(ゆう)どちらの手(て)でも使(つか)えますが、西(せい)洋(よう)鋏(はさみ)ではそうはいきません。
      Nihon no iwayuru nigiribasami wa sayū dochira no te de mo tsukaemasu ga, seiyō hasami de wa sō wa ikimasen.
      Japan’s so-called nigiribasami scissors can be used with either left or right hand, but this is not the case for western-style scissors.
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