JLPT N1

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サボる (Saboru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to be truant, to slack off, to play hooky, to skip school”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip outfrom サボタージュ

Examples

  • You played hooky yesterday?

  • Tom cut classes again.

  • He got the sack for slacking off at work.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).