Dictionary / Vocabulary / 匙
さじ · also しゃじ、かい
spoon
JLPT N2 common word Also written 匕
彼には先生も匙を投げている。
He is his teachers' despair.
私はその事件ではもう匙を投げた。
I have given up on that case.
ああ、医者のほうも匙を投げていたらしい。
Yup, it seems like even the doctor was about to throw in the towel.