grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour

17 strokesFrequency 1,485JLPT N1Grade 8

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擦る錯るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #4559
1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

Examples
石けんを付けてごしごしこすれば汚れが落ちます。
Rub briskly with soap, and the stain will soon wash off.
すれ違う擦れ違うれちがIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #4685
1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past

Examples
通りですれ違った時私をわざと無視した。
He deliberately ignored me when I passed him in the street.
2

to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet

3

to be at odds; to clash; to be in conflict

擦る擂る摩る磨る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.
する摩る擦るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #5552
1

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

Examples
胸をさすってあげましょうか。
Would you like me to massage your chest?
すり抜けるりぬけ擦り抜ける摺り抜けるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6394
1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to make one's way through

2

to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

すれ掠れる擦れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #9682
1

to get blurred

2

to get hoarse; to get husky

3

to graze; to scrape; to touch

引きずり出すきずりだ引き摺り出すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #10386
1

to drag out

擦れる磨れる摩れる擂れるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #10876
1

to rub; to chafe

2

to wear out; to become worn

3

to lose one's innocence; to become sly

擦るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #11516
1

to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to daub

2

to lay the blame on

すりつけ擦り付けるTransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #12689
1

to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to smear

2

to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

Examples
彼は責任を友人になすりつけた
He fixed the blame on his friends.

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