滑すべる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to slide; to glide; to skate; to ski
Why don't the two of us skate together?
2. to slip; to skid
My foot slipped.
3. to be slippery
This floor is really slippery.
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
4. to fail (an examination)
5. to lose (a position); to be demoted
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
Colloquialism
6. to bomb (when telling a joke); to fall flat
I'm so afraid of my jokes falling flat that I can't tell any.
7. to slide (move)
usu. スベる
Kanji used
slippery
Pitch accent
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Top 3000
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
Examples (27 in total)
Do you ski?
My foot slipped.
I can't ski that well.
Be careful. The floor is slippery.
Why don't the two of us skate together?
The car skidded on the snowy road.
This floor is really slippery.
I'm so afraid of my jokes falling flat that I can't tell any.
The children were sliding on the ice.
You will be able to ski well next year.
It has a treatment that makes it absolutely non-slip.
I slipped and fell on the icy sidewalk.
His gag completely bombed.
He goes gliding across the ice.
Be careful not to slip on the ice.
The bit I was confident about fell flat, and I was embarrassed.
Jim slipped on the icy road and got hurt.
Roger slipped on the ice and hurt his leg.
I just slipped, fell and went down the stairs, that's all.
I slipped on the ice and hurt my head.
I took a light breath and began to draw the bow across the strings.
The plate slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor.
Even when you're skating on the rink, Mom and Dad are always with you.
Everyone in the room burst out laughing when they saw Tom slip on the banana peel.
As I scrubbed, suds formed, and my feet slipped and I nearly fell.
The car starts moving as smoothly as a boat gliding over water.
I slipped and hurt myself while I was clearing the road of snow this morning.