挟む (はさむ) - N2 vocabulary
to interpose,to hold between,to insert
Return to vocabulary list- 誰かが話しているときに口を挟むのは礼儀正しくない。 It is not polite to interrupt someone while he is talking.
- 彼は会話の最中に口を挟むことがよくある。 He often breaks into the middle of a conversation.
- ・・・言いたいことは色々あるのだが、ここで口を挟むのは野暮というもの。 ... There's things I'd like to say but to butt in now would be what they call uncouth.
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