すべ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip
2. to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke)
3. to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)
Kanji used
slippery
Pitch accent
Top 3500
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 (17 in total)
Do you ski?
I can't ski that well.
The floor is slippery, so be careful.
The children were sliding on the ice.
The road was slippery.
You will be able to ski well next year.
I slipped and fell on the icy sidewalk.
The wet floor is very slippery.
Be careful not to slip on the ice.
Jim slipped on the icy road and got hurt.
The road has frozen and it's now slippery.
Roger slipped on the ice and hurt his leg.
I slipped on the ice and hurt my head.
The plate slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor.
Sir, please be careful. It's slippery here.
Everyone in the room burst out laughing when they saw Tom slip on the banana peel.
I slipped and hurt myself while I was clearing the road of snow this morning.