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N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

()to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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    1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass)

    2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

    All Forms

    擦る 【する】摩る 【する】磨る 【する】擂る 【する】

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    Examples

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      マッチを()って()をつける。

      To strike a match to light a fire.

      • N1

      木材(もくざい)をなめらかにするためにヤスリで()

      To smooth the wood, I rub it with a file.

      • N1

      習字(しゅうじ)授業(じゅぎょう)ではまず、(すずり)(すみ)()作業(さぎょう)(おこな)います。

      In calligraphy class, our first task is to grind the ink on an inkstone.

      • N1

      マッチを()った途端(とたん)(くら)くて()えなかった周囲(しゅうい)()えるようになった。

      The moment I struck the match, my surroundings, which had been too dark to see, became visible.

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      小学生(しょうがくせい)息子(むすこ)帰宅(きたく)するなり、()()りながら最新(さいしん)のゲームを強請(ねだ)ってきました。

      As soon as my elementary school-aged son got home, he started rubbing his hands together and begging for the latest game.

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