JLPT N2

ずらす (Zurasu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to shift, to move, to slide, to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.)”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, transitive verbto shift; to move; to slide
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back; to put off; to delay; to postpone

Examples

  • Could you move the chair a bit?

  • You stand the axis on the base and then proceed to stack up each part, staggering their position.

  • I had to put back the hotel reservations for Rome by three days.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).