すべすべ

すべすべ

Japanese

Etymology

Reduplication of 滑 (sube, “sliding, slipping”)

Pronunciation

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

Adjectival noun

すべすべ (rōmaji subesube)

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

Adverb

すべすべ (rōmaji subesube)

1. 滑々: smoothly

Verb

すべすべする (suru conjugation, rōmaji subesube suru)

1. 滑々: be smooth

Synonyms

• つるつる (tsurutsuru)

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