Skip to content
Illustration of 擦る

擦こする

こする kosuru Play N2 Godan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

物に力を加えて、表面を繰り返しこすり合わせる。 to rub; to chafe; to file; to frost (glass); to strike (match)

Example 1

石けんを付けてごしごしこすれば汚れが落ちます。

Rub briskly with soap, and the stain will soon wash off.

Play

Example 2

いすで床ゆかをこすらないでちょうだい。

Don't scrape your chair on the floor.

Play

Kanji breakdown

擦

N1

grate; rub; scratch; scrape; chafe; scour

On reading
サツ
Kun reading
す.る、す.れる、-ず.れ、こす.る、こす.れる
Radical
手
Illustration of 摩擦

摩擦

N2

まさつ

friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe

Illustration of 擦る

擦る

N1

かする

to touch lightly; to take a percentage (from)

Illustration of 擦れる

擦れる

N1

すれる

to rub; to chafe; to wear; to become sophisticated

Illustration of 擦れ違い

擦れ違い

N1

すれちがい

chance encounter