矧: join

join; fletch an arrow

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Readings

シン

Kun

はぐ・いわんや・はぐき・はぎ

矧ぐ (はぐ) means to fit feathers to an arrow or to join pieces together. Don't confuse it with 剥ぐ (はぐ, peel off).

矢矧やはぎarrow maker; Yahagi (surname)

矧ぐはぐto fletch; to join

実矧ぎさねはぎtongue-and-groove joint

掛け矧ぎかけはぎinvisible mending

村むらの矢や矧はぎは、毎日まいにち、竹たけの矢やに鳥とりの羽はねをつけていた。

The village arrow maker fitted bird feathers to bamboo arrows every day.

この床板ゆかいたは、実矧さねはぎでぴったりとつなぎ合あわされている。

These floorboards are fitted together tightly with tongue-and-groove joints.

セーターの焦こげ穴あなを、掛け矧かけはぎで目立めだたないように直なおしてもらった。

I had the burn hole in my sweater mended with invisible mending so that it would not show.