EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to rub; to scrub; to scrape

    Usually written using kana alone

    石けんを付けてごしごしこすれば汚れが落ちます。
    Rub briskly with soap, and the stain will soon wash off.
  2. to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to keep getting mileage out of

    Slang

  3. to mash (a button); to spam (a move)

    Video gamesesp. in fighting games

Also written 錯る【こする】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour

Kun
す.るす.れる-ず.れこす.るこす.れる
On
サツ
Strokes
17
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1485 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 43

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-14SKIP code
3c14.5The Kanji Dictionary
5309.1Four corner code
1341deroo
64e6Unicode hex code
1-27-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2025Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2306New Nelson (John Haig)
790New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
971Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
541Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
707Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1104Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1185Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1955A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2601Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1709Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12862Morohashi
1306A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1519Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1620Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1386Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1870Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1416Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
931Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1113Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ca1Pinyin reading
chalKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level