JLPT N4 · Verb

滑る (suberu)

滑る (すべる, suberu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to slide; to glide”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
すべる
Romaji
suberu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

子供たちは氷の上を滑っていた。
The children were sliding on the ice.
滑って足首を捻挫した。
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
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.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 滑る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary滑るすべる suberu
Polite (~masu)滑りますすべります suberimasu
Negative滑らないすべらない suberanai
Polite negative滑りませんすべりません suberimasen
Past滑ったすべった subetta
Polite past滑りましたすべりました suberimashita
Negative past滑らなかったすべらなかった suberanakatta
Te-form滑ってすべって subette
Potential滑れるすべれる subereru
Passive滑られるすべられる suberareru
Causative滑らせるすべらせる suberaseru
Volitional滑ろうすべろう suberou
Imperative滑れすべれ subere
Conditional (~ba)滑ればすべれば subereba

Kanji in 滑る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 滑る.

滑稽こっけいfunny円滑えんかつsmooth滑らかなめらかsmooth (of a surface)

Source: JMdict entry 1208640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.