サボる

Japanese

Etymology

From sabo (abbreviation of French sabotage) +‎ 〜る (verb production suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "サボる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
サボる さぼ​る [sàbóꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) サボれ さぼ​れ [sàbóꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive サボられる さぼられ​る [sàbóráréꜜrù]
Causative サボらせる さぼらせ​る [sàbóráséꜜrù]
Potential サボれる さぼれ​る [sàbóréꜜrù]
Volitional サボろう さぼろ​ー [sàbóróꜜò]
Negative サボらない さぼら​ない [sàbóráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective サボらなかった さぼら​なかった [sàbóráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal サボります さぼりま​す [sàbórímáꜜsù]
Perfective サボった さぼ​った [sàbóꜜttà]
Conjunctive サボって さぼ​って [sàbóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional サボれば さぼ​れば [sàbóꜜrèbà]

Verb

サボる or さぼる • (saboru) transitive godan (stem サボり (sabori), past サボった (sabotta))

  1. to skip; to play hooky; to be truant
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      学(がっ)校(こう)をサボって映(えい)画(が)を見(み)に行(い)った
      Gakkō o sabotte eiga o mi ni itta
      He skipped school and went to see the movie
  2. to slack off, shirk one's duties
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      仕(し)事(ごと)をサボる
      shigoto o saboru
      to slack off at work

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References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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