すべる

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to slide, to glide, to skate, to ski

    • 子供たちは氷の上を滑っていた。
      The children were sliding on the ice.
  2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to slip, to skid

    • 滑って足首を捻挫した。
      I slipped and twisted my ankle.
  3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to be slippery

    • 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. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb, intransitive verb

    to fail (an examination)

  5. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb, intransitive verb

    to lose (a position), to be demoted

  6. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to bomb (when telling a joke), to fall flat
    colloquial