Word Meaning 擦り

こすり kosuri

擦り is read as こすり (kosuri) and means rubbing.

Meaning

English

  1. rubbing
  2. scrubbing
  3. scraping

Reading

Kana

こすり

Romaji

kosuri

Writing Variants

  • こすり kosuri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Rank 140832 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

擦れ合う

すれあう

to rub against

擦り合い

なすりあい

recrimination

擦文

さつもん

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

擦り半

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

擦り切る

すりきる

to use up (all one's money)

Example Sentences

10

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.

My shoes are worn out.

Tom scraped his knee.

Hold on, don't pin responsibility on me.

The knee wound is now festering.

I fell off as I was riding my bike and scraped my knee.

I struck a match in the darkness.