chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub; rubbing together; blister
Refers to physical chafing, rubbing, or the resulting soreness, scratch, or blister. Often used as a suffix (pronounced ずれ) in compounds like 世間擦れ (せけんずれ, worldly-wise from rubbing against society).
See also: 世間ずれ (せけんずれ)
I got a blister from chafing with my new shoes and it hurts.
My new shoes gave me a chafe mark on my foot.
The new shoes caused a chafed spot on my foot.
There are visible wear marks on the surface of the old bag.
I put on tape to protect my skin from chafing.
摩耗 is a more technical term for gradual wear from friction (e.g. on machine parts or fabric), while 擦れ is the everyday word for a rub mark or chafing, often on skin.
スレ (internet thread) is pronounced the same as 擦れ, which means chafing or rubbing wear on a surface, so context decides the meaning.
Standard kanji spelling for the noun meaning chafing or rubbing.
Katakana spelling, sometimes used for emphasis or in casual contexts.
Alternate kanji spelling; less common than 擦れ.
Derived from the verb 擦れる (すれる, to be rubbed). The suffix form ずれ is a voiced variant (rendaku) common in compounds.