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jammed in
Stroke count: 4

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. jammed inRtK
  2. concern oneself with
  3. mediate
  4. shellfish
  1. nursing
  2. care
  3. caregiving
  4. caring

Popular Usage

紹介介護介入介抱

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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umbrella · stick (丨) · walking cane

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 265

Compound words

紹介しょうかい
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
紹介するしょうかいする
to introduce
介護かいご
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
介入かいにゅう
intervention
介在かいざい
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
魚介ぎょかい
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
仲介ちゅうかい
agency; intermediation
媒介ばいかい
mediation; agency; serving as a medium; acting as an intermediary; acting as a go-between
厄介やっかい
trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry
介助かいじょ
help; assistance; aid
魚介類ぎょかいるい
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
お節介おせっかい
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness
紹介者しょうかいしゃ
person who introduces someone; introducer
紹介文しょうかいぶん
introductory text; introductory essay
自己紹介じこしょうかい
self-introduction
一介いっかい
a mere ...
介意かいい
worrying about
介殻かいかく
sea shell
介甲かいこう
crust-like shell
介錯かいしゃく
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku)
介添かいぞえ
helper (e.g. for a sick person)
介副かいぞえ
helper (e.g. for a sick person)
介卵かいらん
brooding
介鱗かいりん
fish and shellfish

Additional Examples

彼は次の歌手を紹介した。
He announced the next singer.tatoeba
彼は私を彼の両親に紹介した。
He introduced me to his parents.tatoeba
彼は私をスーに紹介した。
He introduced me to Sue.tatoeba
彼は一介の事務員にすぎない。
He is nothing more than a clerk.tatoeba
軽自動車は介護用以外で使用されることは少ない。
Keicars (light motor vehicles) are rarely used for other than nursing purposes.wiki
充侍…父母の老病によってその介護を命じる場合。
Juji (充侍)…In the case of ordering the care of someone's own parents aged or sick.wiki
京都所司代の介入
Intervention by Kyoto Shoshidai (Shogunate's military governor in Kyoto)wiki
六角氏の内紛に介入
He intervened in an internal conflict of the Rokkaku clan.wiki
清心は、通りかかった寺塚求女が癪で苦しむのを介抱する。
He finds that a passer-by, Motome TERAZUKA, is suffering from a sudden stomachache and nurses him.wiki
師家や家の者が女を介抱したが、すぐに女は亡くなってしまった。
Though her families and Moroie took care of her, she died before long.wiki

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