Vocab Info

N4 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

(すべ)to glide, to slide (e.g. on skis), to slip, to fail (an examination), to bomb (when telling a joke), to drop, to go down, to come down, to fall (e.g. in status)

    Dictionary Definition

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

      1.

      to slide, to glide, to skate, to ski

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

      2.

      to slip, to skid

    3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

      3.

      to be slippery

    4. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

      4.

      to fail (an examination)

    5. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

      5.

      to lose (a position), to be demoted

    6. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

      6.

    All Forms

    滑る 【すべる】辷る 【すべる】

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    Examples

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      スケートリンクを(すべ)

      I will go skating on the skating rink.

      • N4

      ()(すべ)って携帯(けいたい)()とす。

      His hand will slip and he will drop the cell phone.

      • N4

      (わたし)(あに)はサーフボードで(なみ)(うえ)(すべ)ように移動(いどう)するのが上手(じょうず)だ。

      My brother is very good at surfing over the waves as if he is sliding.

      • N4

      プールサイドの(ゆか)はよく(すべ)ので(はし)らないでください。

      Please do not run on the poolside floor as it is often slippery.

      • N3

      大学(だいがく)入試(にゅうし)(すべ)浪人(ろうにん)することになった。

      He flunked on the college entrance exam and had to become a gap-year student.

      • N3
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