to slide ②to slip ③to fail (an examination) ④to lose (a position) ⑤to bomb (when telling a joke)

(playground) slide ②(ship) launching platform

to slide into

to slip off

to let slip

non-slip device (material, tread, etc.) ②back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions)

to slide down

sliding safely ②just making it

to start sliding ②to make a start

superficial ②frivolous ③sliding along a surface

ice skating

sideslip ②shifting to another post (at the same level) ③sliding sideways down a slope

greasy

to slide up to

slide rule

to slide into

sliding

to make a slip of the tongue

sliding ②being just in time

sash roller

runway

gliding ②taxiing

smooth

sliding down (a slope, mountainside)

pulley

gliding (through the air)

articulation

lubricant

soaring through the air

lubrication

descent (esp. in skiing) ②downhill (race)

schuss

smooth muscle

lubricating oil ②person or thing that makes things run smoothly

suave ②versatile

sliding seat

talc

talcum powder

lubricant

movable pulley

funny ②ridiculous

comic novel (Edo period)

smooth-talking and polished

smooth-talking and humorous

humorous flavor

caricature

smooth (of a surface) ②smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.) ③continuously differentiable

enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes)

Tokoname ware

Tokoname Ceramic-Art Laboratory