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Etymology edit

From sabo (abbreviation of French sabotage) +‎ 〜る (verb production suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "サボる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
サボる [sàbóꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) サボれ [sàbóꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive サボられる ぼられ [sàbóráréꜜrù]
Causative サボらせる ぼらせ [sàbóráséꜜrù]
Potential サボれる ぼれ [sàbóréꜜrù]
Volitional サボろう ぼろ [sàbóróꜜò]
Negative サボらない ぼらない [sàbóráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective サボらなかった ぼらなかった [sàbóráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal サボります ぼりま [sàbórímáꜜsù]
Perfective サボった った [sàbóꜜttà]
Conjunctive サボって って [sàbóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional サボれば れば [sàbóꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

サボる or さぼる (saborutransitive godan (stem サボり (sabori), past サボった (sabotta))

  1. to skip; to play hooky; to be truant
  2. to slack off, shirk one's duties
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      ()(ごと)サボる
      shigoto o saboru
      to slack off at work

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN