Illustration: Outside a Japanese apartment entrance after rain, an adult steps onto a wet, smooth tile and their leading shoe unexpectedly slides forward. Their torso tips backward, arms spread wide, and their free heel lifts as they try to recover balance. A companion catches their forearm before they fall.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

滑すべる

suberu

to slip

Example sentences

  1. 滑すべって足首あしくびを捻挫ねんざした。

    I slipped and twisted my ankle.

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  2. 彼かれは氷こおりの上うえですべった。

    He slipped on the ice.

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  3. 私わたしは滑すべって階段かいだんから転ころげ落おちた。

    I slipped and fell down the stairs.

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Kanji in 滑

  • 滑slippery; slideOnカツ・コツKunすべる・なめらか

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