N21307/1725

ずらす

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

Meanings

to shift, to move, to slide
to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.), to bring forward, to put back, to put off, to delay, to postpone, to stagger (e.g. working hours)

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Example sentences

会議かいぎの時間じかんを少すこしずらしてもいいですか。

Is it okay to shift the meeting time a little?

混雑こんざつを避さけるため、出発しゅっぱつ時間じかんをずらすことにした。

We decided to stagger our departure time to avoid the congestion.

椅子いすを右みぎにずらして、通路つうろを広ひろくしてください。

Please slide the chair to the right to make the aisle wider.

締しめ切きりをずらさないと間まに合あわないかもしれない。

We might not make it in time unless we push back the deadline.

従業員じゅうぎょういんの勤務きんむ時間じかんをずらすことで、通勤つうきんラッシュの緩和かんわが期待きたいできる。

By staggering employees' working hours, a reduction in commuter rush congestion can be expected.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)