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Sample Sentence with 釘を刺す

釘を刺す (kugi o sasu: to give a warning; remind someone not to do something)     nail + to pierce

実際は彼らがそんなことするわけないが、釘を刺しておいたほうがよさそうだ。

Jissai wa karera ga sonna koto suru wake nai ga, kugi o sashite oita hō ga yosasō da.
There’s no way they’d actually do something like that, but we’d better give them some kind of warning.

実際 (jissai: reality)     reality + time
彼ら (karera: they)

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