Illustration: A commuter pauses on a low wall outside a suburban station, lifting one heel partly out of a stiff new loafer. The back edge of the shoe is still touching a visibly irritated patch above the sock line.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

擦すれる

sureru

to rub, to chafe

Example sentences

  1. シンと静しずまった部室ぶしつ。響ひびくのは、クロッキー帳ちょうに擦すれる鉛筆えんぴつの音おとだけ。

    The club room returned to quiet. All that could be heard was the sound of pencil on sketchpad.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 着物きものの丈たけが長ながすぎて、裾すそが擦すれる。

    The kimono is too long, so the hem drags.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 上着うわぎの擦すれる音おとが聞きこえる。

    I can hear the rustle of a jacket.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 擦

  • 擦grate; rubOnサツKunする・すれる・こする

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