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擦る (こする): to rub, to chafe, to file, to frost (glass), to strike (match) — Japanese vocabulary

擦る is read こする and means "to rub, to chafe, to file, to frost (glass), to strike (match)". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

擦る

Reading
こする · kosuru
Translation
to rub, to chafe, to file, to frost (glass), to strike (match)
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
こするが

Example

汚れた手で目をこすってはいけません。

よごれたてでめをこすってはいけません。

Never rub your eyes with dirty hands.

Kanji in this word

  • 擦 — rub, scrape

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