すべすべ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
滑々
滑滑

Etymology

Reduplication of (sube, sliding, slipping)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) べすべ [súꜜbèsùbè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝbe̞sɨᵝbe̞]

Adjective

すべすべ • (subesube) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) smooth, silky, often in reference to skin

Adverb

すべすべ • (subesube) 

  1. smoothly

Verb

すべすべする • (subesube suru) suru (stem すべすべ (subesube suru shi), past すべすべした (subesube suru shita))

  1. be smooth

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • がさがさ (gasagasa)

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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