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辷
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
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
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..
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.