滑り台
Meanings
1
playground slide
The ordinary everyday meaning: a slide in a park, playground, schoolyard, or similar place.
The children are playing on the slide in the park.
My little sister went down the slide again and again.
2
ship launching platform; slipway; sliding ways
Specialized use for a sloped structure or ways used to launch a ship into the water; much less common than the playground meaning.
In shipbuilding, a slope used to lower a ship into the sea may be called a slipway.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉の滑り台を滑るto slide down a (playground) slide
The children are sliding down the playground slide.
- 滑り台で遊ぶto play on the slide
My little brother loves playing on the slide.
- 滑り台から落ちるto fall off the slide
A boy fell off the slide and started crying.