滑る

すべる

Also written スベる, 辷る

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to slide; to glide; to skate; to ski
2. to slip; to skid
3. to be slippery
4. Godan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to fail (an examination)
5. to lose (a position); to be demoted
6. Godan verb, Intransitive to bomb (when telling a joke); to fall flat
7. to slide (move) (usu. スベる) See also: 滑り (すべり).

Kanji

• 滑 slide. Read as すべる.

Example sentences

• 気を付けないと凍った階段で滑って転ぶよ。
  If you're not careful, you might slip and fall on the icy steps.
• ひどかったわよ。スーはその後で水で滑ったし、みんなあなたに対してかんかんよ。
  It was a terrible confusion; Sue slipped later in the water. They're all mad at you.
• パーティーの終わりがけに、まだ病院のことでぶつぶつと何かを言っていたとき、彼は氷のかけらで足を滑らせて、左足を折ってしまった。
  He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
• そして粘土を指の間で滑らせるの。
  Now, just let the clay slide between your fingers.
• これは二人の間の秘密だから、他の人には絶対口を滑らせないでくれるな。
  This is a secret just between you and me, so don't let it slip out.

Common phrases

• 滑りやすい (すべりやすい) greasy
• 足を滑らせる (あしをすべらせる) to lose one's footing
• 足が滑る
• 口を滑らせる (くちをすべらせる) to make a slip of the tongue
• 同時に滑る
• 手がすべる (てがすべる) to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
• 斜面を滑る

Words containing 滑る

• 滑り込み (すべりこみ) sliding
• 滑り台 (すべりだい) (playground) slide
• 滑り込む (すべりこむ) to slide into

And 18 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N4
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