横滑り

よこすべり

Also written 横すべり, 横辷り

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive sideslip; skid; sliding sideways
2. shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company)
3. sliding sideways down a slope

Kanji

• 横 sideways. Read as よこ.
• 滑 slide. Read as すべる.

Example sentences

• 車が横滑りして道路から湖に落ちたとき彼女は九死に一生を得た。
  She had a narrow escape when her car skidded off the road into a lake.

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