To Pierce

"To Pierce" by Nao

sa-su, shi

The verb sasu means to pierce, thrust, or stub. The passive form of sasu is sasareru. By whom?

Being bitten by a mosquito is in a situation expressed as “ka ni sasareru.” In this phrase, ka is a mosquito. Being stung by a bee is in a situation expressed as “hachi ni sasareru.” In this, hachi is a bee. As you might guess, the particle “ni” means “by” in these phrases.

Like the passive form of sasu, the verb sasaru means to be pierced. If somebody says, “toge ga sasatta,” they mean a thorn pricks their finger. In this sentence, toge is a thorn and sasatta is the past tense of sasaru.

Satire is fūshi. Embroidery is shishū. The shū of shishū is too complicated to remember. We usually write shū in hiragana. If you want to see the kanji character for it, visit -> here.

Tattoos are written as tattoo in katakana these days. They are also known as irezumi, which consists of today’s character and another kanji character meaning blue.

Name cards and business cards are meishi.

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1. Draw the horizontal line.
2. Draw the vertical stroke to the left.
3. Draw the hook with an upward turn.
4. Draw the vertical line.
5. Draw the sweeping stroke from the middle of the vertical stroke.
6. Draw the dot hanging from the vertical stroke.
7. Begin to draw the right-hand side of the character. Draw the shorter vertical stroke.
8. Draw the longer vertical stroke with an upward turn.