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辷
辷
5 strokes

Meanings

glide
skate
slip
fail in exams
(kokuji)

Readings

Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
すべ.る
すべ.らす

Common Words

滑る
すべる
辷る
Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #3443
1

to slide; to glide; to skate; to ski

Examples
子供たちは氷の上を滑っていた。
The children were sliding on the ice.
2

to slip; to skid

Examples
滑って足首を捻挫した。
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
3

to be slippery

Examples
足元に気をつけてください。床が滑りますから。
Watch your step. The floor is slippery.
4

Transitive verb

to fail (an examination)

5

Transitive verb

to lose (a position); to be demoted

6

Colloquial

to bomb (when telling a joke); to fall flat

滑り
辷り
すべり
Noun
Freq #22353
1

sliding; slipping

口が滑る
口がすべる
くちがすべる
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #31848
1

Idiomatic expression

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

Examples
し、しまったぁ！つい口がすべった。
D-drat! I didn't mean to let that slip..
横滑り
横すべり
よこすべり
横辷り
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #48265
1

sideslip; skid; sliding sideways

Examples
車が横滑りして道路から湖に落ちたとき彼女は九死に一生を得た。
She had a narrow escape when her car skidded off the road into a lake.
2

shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company)

3

Skiing

sliding sideways down a slope

地すべり
地滑り
じすべり
地辷り
Noun
Freq #70464
1

landslide; landslip

Examples
あの地滑り事故は多くの不幸を生んだ。
That landslide produced a lot of misery.
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