擦る (Kosuru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to rub, to scrub, to scrape, to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.)”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto rub; to scrub; to scrape
- godan verb, transitive verbto repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to keep getting mileage out of
- godan verb, transitive verbto mash (a button); to spam (a move)esp. in fighting games
Examples
彼女は目をこすった。
She rubbed her eyes.
彼は手で目をこすった。
He rubbed his eyes with his hands.
いすで床をこすらないでちょうだい。
Don't scrape your chair on the floor.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).