Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 擦る in Japanese
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擦る, 摩る, 磨る, 擂るJLPT 1
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Kana Readingする
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Romajisuru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
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Examples of 擦る, 摩る, 磨る, 擂る, する in a sentence
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He struck a match, but quickly put it out.
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He struck a match.
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No sooner had he struck the match than the bomb exploded.
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Tom gambled away a fortune in one night.
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Kelly struck a match and put it to his pipe.
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We shot our wad.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 擦る
- Plain Polite
- 擦ります
- Negative
- 擦らない
- Negative Polite
- 擦りません
Past
- Plain
- 擦った
- Plain Polite
- 擦りました
- Negative
- 擦らなかった
- Negative Polite
- 擦りませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 擦って
- Plain Polite
- 擦りまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 擦られる
- Plain Polite
- 擦られます
- Negative
- 擦られない
- Negative Polite
- 擦られません
Related Kanji
磨
JLPT 2
16 strokes
grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
On'Yomi: マ
Kun'Yomi: みが.く, す.る
擦
JLPT 1
17 strokes
grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour
On'Yomi: サツ
Kun'Yomi: す.る, す.れる, -ず.れ, こす.る, こす.れる
摩
JLPT 1
15 strokes
chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape
On'Yomi: マ
Kun'Yomi: ま.する, さ.する, す.る