Vocab Info

N4 う-verb (る), 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)

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    1. う-verb (る), Intransitive verb

      1.

      to slide, to glide, to skate, to ski

    2. う-verb (る), Intransitive verb

      2.

      to slip, to skid

    3. う-verb (る), Intransitive verb

      3.

      to be slippery

    4. う-verb (る), Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

      4.

      to fail (an examination)

    5. う-verb (る), Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

      5.

      to lose (a position), to be demoted

    6. う-verb (る), 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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