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 すべすべし (subesube shi), past すべすべした (subesube shita))

  1. be smooth

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • がさがさ (gasagasa)

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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