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擦る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	擦する	擦すらない
Polite	擦すります	擦すりません
Past polite	擦すりました	擦すりませんでした
Past	擦すった	擦すらなかった
Te-form	擦すって	擦すらないで
Desire	擦すりたい	擦すりたくない
Potential	擦すれる	擦すれない
Passive	擦すられる	擦すられない
Causative	擦すらせる	擦すらせない
Causative passive	擦すらせられるalso 擦すらされる	擦すらせられないalso 擦すらされない
Volitional	擦すろう
Polite volitional	擦すりましょう
Imperative	擦すれ	擦するな
Conditional	擦すれば	擦すらなければ
Tara conditional	擦すったら	擦すらなかったら

Pairs with擦れる

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

rub; scrape; strike (match); file; frost (glass)

Broad physical sense: rub two surfaces together, scrape, strike a match, file down, or frost glass. The specific meaning depends on the object.

マッチを擦すって火ひをつけた。
I struck a match and lit it.
やすりで金きん属ぞくの角かどを擦する。
I file down the metal corner with a file.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

squander money; run through a fortune; lose by gambling

Used for wasting money, especially through gambling or reckless spending. Often appears as 金を擦る or 財産を擦る.

彼かれは競けい馬ばで有あり金がねを全ぜん部ぶ擦すってしまった。
He squandered all his money on horse racing.

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Usage patterns

マッチを擦するto strike a match
彼かれはマッチを擦すってろうそくに火ひをつけた。
He struck a match and lit the candle.
金かねを擦するto squander money (esp. through gambling)
競けい馬ばでかなりの金かねを擦すってしまった。
I ended up losing a lot of money betting on horse races.
目めを擦するto rub one's eyes
眠ねむくて何なん度ども目めを擦すった。
I was sleepy and rubbed my eyes over and over.
全ぜん財ざい産さんを擦するto lose one's entire fortune (gambling)
彼かれはギャンブルで全ぜん財ざい産さんを擦すってしまった。
He gambled away his entire fortune.

Kanji

擦grate, rub, scratch
磨grind, polish, scour
摩chafe, rub, polish
擂grind, mash, grate

Transitive / intransitive

擦すれるN1sense 1
擦れる is the intransitive partner of 擦る, describing surfaces rubbing together on their own rather than someone deliberately rubbing them.

Related words

擦こするN3sense 1
こする is the lighter, everyday word for rubbing something back and forth, while 擦る can imply a stronger, more deliberate scraping or striking motion.
浪ろう費ひN1sense 2
浪費する is the general word for wasting money on anything, while 擦る specifically evokes losing money through gambling or reckless bets.
削けずるN3sense 1
削る means to shave or whittle material away, whereas 擦る focuses on the friction between two surfaces without necessarily removing anything.
かするN1
擦る (する) describes rubbing or chafing with real friction, while 掠る (かする) is a light, glancing contact that barely touches the surface.
卸おろすN2
擂る means to grind or crush with a mortar and pestle, whereas 卸す refers to grating something like daikon or ginger against a grater.

Don't confuse with

刷するN2
刷る is an unrelated homophone meaning 'to print', easily confused with 擦る (to rub/scrape) because they share the same reading.
掏する
掏る is a homophone meaning 'to pickpocket', which sounds identical to 擦る but has a completely different meaning.
擦こするN3
擦る written the same way but read する means to strike (a match) or to rub briskly, while 擦る read こする is the general verb for rubbing or scraping something.

Word family· 8

擦すり傷きず
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
擦すり寄よる
edge closer; snuggle up; draw near
擦すり切きれる
wear out; become threadbare
擦すり半ばん
continuous fire alarm ringing; urgent fire warning bell · sound of the continuous fire alarm
擦すりむく
graze; scratch; skin

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擦すり切きる
cut by rubbing; cut by abrasion · use up all one's money
擦すり半ばん鐘しょう
continuous fire alarm bell; urgent fire warning bell · sound of the continuous fire alarm bell
擦すり剥むける
get scraped; be abraded; get skinned

Written forms

擦するUsage47%
Standard kanji spelling for rubbing, scraping, striking matches, and squandering money.
するUsage47%
磨するUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in older texts.
摩するUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in older texts.
擂するUsage1%
Often used for grinding or grating, such as ごまを擂る (grind sesame seeds).

Etymology

Native Japanese verb. The kanji 擦 is a phono-semantic compound where 察 suggests 'to examine' and 手 'hand', together conveying the idea of rubbing or scraping with the hand. The other kanji forms are specialized or rare variants.