擂
擂

grind, mash, grate

16 strokes

On

ライ

Kun

す.る

Dictionary

Common Words

擦る擂るする摩る磨るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #5052
1

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

Examples
ケリーはマッチを擦ってパイプへもっていった。
Kelly struck a match and put it to his pipe.
2

to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

Examples
ありがね全部すってしまった。
We shot our wad.
擦れる磨れる摩れる擂れるすれるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #10876
1

to rub; to chafe

2

to wear out; to become worn

3

to lose one's innocence; to become sly

すり潰す磨り潰す擂り潰す擂りつぶす磨りつぶすすりつぶす擂潰すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #29390
1

to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to pulverise; to deface

2

to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

すり鉢すりばち擂り鉢摺り鉢NounFreq #35257
1

(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)

すり込む擦り込むすりこむ摺り込む摩り込む擂り込むTransitiveGodan verbFreq #44499
1

to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin)

2

to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)

すりおろす摺り下ろす擂り下ろす磨り下ろすTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #48087
1

to grate

すりこぎすりこ木擂り粉木擂粉木摺り子木摺子木NounUsually kanaFreq #71489
1

pestle

すり身すりみ擂り身NounFreq #81084
1

Food, cooking

surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste

ごまをする胡麻を擂るゴマをするExpressionUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #82474
1

Idiomatic expression

to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; to grind sesame seeds

Examples
あいつ、上司に胡麻を擂ってやがる。
He is buttering up to his boss.
ごますり胡麻擂りゴマすりNounUsually kanaFreq #96635
1

sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; brown-nosing; sycophant; flatterer; toady; apple-polisher; brown-noser; ass-kisser

Examples
ボブは本当にごますりだ。
Bob is really a brown noser.
2

sesame seed grinding

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