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ずれ

Reading

Kana: ずれ
Romaji: zure
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Romaji

Definition

1

gap; slippage

Note: possibly written 滑 or 滑れ

Example Sentences

(せん)円札(えんさつ)くずれますか。
➥Can you break a 1000 yen bill?
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人間(にんげん)はいずれ()ぬのだ。
➥Man will die sooner or later.
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(かれ)らの反対(はんたい)はくずれた。
➥Their opposition broke down.
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ピントがズレている。
➥That's a little out of focus.
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(くるま)はコースをはずれた。
➥The car veered from its course.
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(きみ)推測(すいそく)(まと)はずれだ。
➥You're wide of the mark.
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スレ

Reading

Kana: スレ
Romaji: sure
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

thread

(Computer terminology)
Note: abbreviation
See also: スレッド

Example Sentences

スレタイ間違(まちが)ってるぞ。
➥The thread title's wrong.
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このブレスレットはあれよりも高価(こうか)だ。
➥This bracelet is more expensive than that one.
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この時計(とけい)はあのブレスレットと(おな)じくらい高価(こうか)(おく)(もの)です。
➥This watch is as expensive a gift as that bracelet.
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彼女(かのじょ)は、オフィスレディーです。
➥She is an office lady.
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(わたし)はまだビジネスレターを()(こと)()れていない。
➥I'm not used to writing a business letter, yet.
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スレートの小道(こみち)では(しば)()(のこ)されており、雑草(ざっそう)(のこ)っており、道路(どうろ)のそばの()(がき)外側(そとがわ)(しば)()っていないことが(おお)かった。
➥The grass was left long and weedy in the slate walk, and very often he wasn't cutting the grass on the other side of the hedge by the road at all.
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擦れ

摩れ

Readings

Kana: すれ、スレ
Romaji: sure, sure
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub; rubbing together; blister

Note: often pronounced ずれ as a suffix
See also: 世間擦れ (reading せけんずれ)

Kanji

Readings: サツ、 す.る、 す.れる、 -ず.れ、 こす.る、 こす.れる
Meanings: grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour
Readings: マ、 ま.する、 さす.る、 す.る
Meanings: chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape

Example Sentences

自動車(じどうしゃ)(かく)をすれすれに(かよ)った。
➥The car just shaved the corner.
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(ぼく)終電(しゅうでん)にすれすれのところで()()った。
➥I was just in time for the last train.
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シンと(しず)まった部室(ぶしつ)(ひび)くのは、クロッキー(ちょう)()れる鉛筆(えんぴつ)(おと)だけ。
➥The club room returned to quiet. All that could be heard was the sound of pencil on sketchpad.
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飛行機(ひこうき)管制塔(かんせいとう)(うえ)をすれすれに()んだ。
➥The plane buzzed the control tower.
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飛行機(ひこうき)墜落(ついらく)する(まえ)地面(じめん)すれすれに()んだ。
➥The airplane skimmed the ground before it crashed.
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