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錆さび (sabi)

rust, corrosion

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 2

Meaning

錆び (さび, sabi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “rust, corrosion”.

Example sentences 12

包丁ほうちょうに錆さびがついた

The kitchen knife is rusty.

この車くるまは錆さびに強つよい。

This car is resistant to rust.

錆が発生している。

There's rust forming.

休やすみすぎは錆さびる。

Too much rest is rust.

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