Vocab Info

N1 う-verb (る), 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. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      1.

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

    2. う-verb (る), 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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