N1 Grammar Course

Teacher

Marshall

Lesson 37: 〜そびれる

Usage:

Polite Form of Verb(drop the ます in the end) + そびれる

Meaning:

「〜そびれる」means “unable to do something because of some reasons”.

Examples:

ぜひ見みようと思おもっていた映えい画がだったのに、忙いそがしくて行いきそびれた。
It was a movie I had definitely wanted to watch, but I was too busy to go.

毎年まいとし「今年ことしこそは」と思おもいながらも、買かいそびれるものがある。
There is something I can’t buy every year while thinking, “I will buy it this year.”