サボる (saboru)

to be truant, to be idle, to sabotage by slowness

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 2
  • #10613 most frequent
Flashcards

Meaning

サボる (saboru) is a JLPT N1 verb meaning “to be truant, to be idle, to sabotage by slowness”.

Example sentences 12

また 仕事しごとをサボっていますね。

He's slacking off at work again, isn't he?

たまにはサボッてもいいじゃん。

Who cares if you skip work [school] every once in a while?

昨日きのう 学校がっこうをさぼったの?

You played hooky yesterday?

トムはまた 授業じゅぎょうをさぼった。

Tom cut classes again.

Conjugation table

サボる is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryサボるsaboru
Negativeサボらないsaboranai
Pastサボったsabotta
Past negativeサボらなかったsaboranakatta
Polite (ます)サボりますsaborimasu
Polite negativeサボりませんsaborimasen
Polite pastサボりましたsaborimashita
Polite past negativeサボりませんでしたsaborimasendeshita
Te-formサボってsabotte
Conditional (ば)サボればsaboreba
Conditional (たら)サボったらsabottara
Potentialサボれるsaboreru
Passiveサボられるsaborareru
Causativeサボらせるsaboraseru
Causative-passiveサボらせられるsaboraserareru
Volitionalサボろうsaborou
Volitional politeサボりましょうsaborimashou
Imperativeサボれsabore
Desire (たい)サボりたいsaboritai