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刺すSasu: what it means in anime
さす · sasu
to pierce; to stab; to prick
Sasu means "to stab" or "to pierce". 刺された is "I was stabbed", and the same verb is used for insects: 蚊に刺された is "I got bitten by a mosquito".
Updated November 2, 2026
Where you hear it
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刺されて死ぬとか… ないわ
Reincarnated as a SlimeEpisode 1 · 7 lines in episodes 1–3 -
お前が刺されているのを！
Steins;GateEpisode 2 · 6 lines in episodes 1–3
From the Japanese subtitles · how we count
Usage and nuance
Two famous openings turn on it. In Steins;Gate Okabe sees Kurisu lying in blood and later cries お前が刺されているのを！, "you being stabbed!". In That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the hero is stabbed on the street and wakes up as a slime: 刺されて死ぬとか…ないわ.
The kanji is the 刺 in 刺身 (sashimi), "pierced body", and in 刺激 (shigeki), "stimulus".
Homophones: 指す (sasu) is "to point at", and 差す (sasu) is "to hold up an umbrella". Only 刺す hurts.
Hear 刺す in Reincarnated as a Slime7 lines in episodes 1–3 · tappable subtitles · free, no account