滑る

Meanings

1. to slide; to glide; to skate; to ski
2. to slip; to skid
3. to be slippery
4. to fail (an examination)
5. to lose (a position); to be demoted

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive, transitive

Kanji

• 滑

  Meanings

  slippery, slide, slip, fail exam

  On reading

  カツ、コツ

  Kun reading

  すべ.る、なめ.らか

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• 子供たちは氷の上を滑っていた。

  The children were sliding on the ice.

  Tatoeba #168714 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 滑って足首を捻挫した。

  I slipped and twisted my ankle.

  Tatoeba #160499 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 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.

  Tatoeba #139843 · CC BY 2.0 FR