Vocabulary

What does サボる (saboru) mean?

サボる means to skip school, skip work; to slack off.

Quick facts
Readingサボる
Romajisaboru
Part of speechgodan verb, transitive, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
サボる
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsaboru

to skip school, skip work; to slack off

Genki 11Genki
  1. 1godan verb · transitive · intransitive to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky

Example sentences

  • He is always skipping class.

  • My boss found out that I had skipped work.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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