Word Meaning 擦り

かすり kasuri

擦り is read as かすり (kasuri) and means grazing.

Meaning

English

  1. grazing
  2. touching lightly
  3. squeezing (someone for money)
  4. percentage
  5. kickback

Reading

Kana

かすり

Romaji

kasuri

Writing Variants

  • 掠り かすり kasuri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 139244 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

擦切り

すりきり

levelling a powder or liquid (when measuring)

擦る

する

to lose (e.g. a match)

擦り傷

すりきず

scratch

擦る

こする

to rub

擦文文化

さつもんぶんか

Satsumon culture

擦り合い

なすりあい

recrimination

擦り合わせる

こすりあわせる

to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

擦文

さつもん

brush-mark pattern (scraped into the surface of earthenware with wood)

擦半

すりばん

fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near

擦過傷

さっかしょう

abrasion

擦過

さっか

abrasion

Example Sentences

4

ころんでひざにすりきずをつくった。

I fell and got a scrape on my knee.

なべのこげをたわしでこすりおとした。

I scoured the burnt residue off the pot with a scrub brush.

そのひとことがかれのしんけいをすりへらした。

That remark wore down his nerves.

かれはせきにんをひとになすりつけるようにこすりつけた。

He pushed the responsibility onto someone else as if rubbing it off on them.