滑

Meaning

滑 centers on a lack of friction that makes movement uncontrolled: slipping, sliding, or being slippery. The idea extends naturally to failing an exam as a figurative slip or slide off the expected path.

• 滑るすべる
  N4

  to slide; to glide; to skate; to ski

• 滑りぬめり

  slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid

• 滑走かっそう

  gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); skiing; glide; slide

• 滑らかなめらか
  N1

  smooth (of a surface); glassy; velvety; soft

• 滑稽こっけい
  N1

  funny; comical; humorous; laughable

• 円滑えんかつ
  N1

  smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

• 潤滑じゅんかつ

  lubrication; smoothness

• 滑り台すべりだい

  (playground) slide

• 滑子なめこ

  nameko (var. of mushroom) (Pholiota nameko)

• 滑りすべり

  sliding; slipping

• 滑空かっくう

  gliding (through the air)

• 平滑へいかつ

  flat and smooth

• 滑り出しすべりだし

  start; beginning

• 滑車かっしゃ

  pulley; block; tackle

• 滑落かつらく

  sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down

• 滑り込みすべりこみ

  sliding

• 横滑りよこすべり

  sideslip; skid; sliding sideways

• 滑降かっこう

  descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; skiing down

• 滑り落ちるすべりおちる

  to slip off

• 滑らすすべらす

  to let slip; to slide; to glide

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