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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

サボる

N1
saboru
  1. to be truant
  2. to be idle
  3. to sabotage by slowness
godan verbtransitiveintransitive

Chinese meanings

逃学;偷懒

Examples

  • 彼かれらはいつも学がっ校こうをサボっています。
    They always escape from school.
    他们总是逃学。
  • 仕し事ごとをサボったからクビになった。
    He got the sack for slacking off at work.
    因为工作偷懒而被解雇了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6707c34b07'); // サボる
{
  "id": "6707c34b07",
  "word": "サボる",
  "reading": "サボる",
  "romaji": "saboru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be truant",
    "to be idle",
    "to sabotage by slowness"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vt",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1057580,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼らはいつも学校をサボっています。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}らはいつも{学校|がっこう}をサボっています。",
      "en": "They always escape from school.",
      "tatoeba_id": 98198
    },
    {
      "ja": "仕事をサボったからクビになった。",
      "furigana": "{仕事|しごと}をサボったからクビになった。",
      "en": "He got the sack for slacking off at work.",
      "tatoeba_id": 76109
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "56ab25957384fe3db92c9c5427b6a25814d56c8dd58591a7d32518763404ca4a",
    "meanings": [
      "逃学",
      "偷懒"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼らはいつも学校をサボっています。",
        "zh": "他们总是逃学。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "仕事をサボったからクビになった。",
        "zh": "因为工作偷懒而被解雇了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/6707c34b07",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1057580; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "24c31324b2335544e52fff2f345fad99badc561001ceec020280cce4181bde6b",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}