ずらすzurasu

1. godan verb, transitive verbto shift; to move; to slide
   ちょっと椅子いすをずらしてくれない？↗

   Could you move the chair a bit?
2. godan verb, transitive verbto move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back; to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours)
   ローマのホテルの予約よやくを、３日かずらさなければならなくなった。↗

   I had to put back the hotel reservations for Rome by three days.

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• Synonym移動いどうNeutralA Sino-Japanese word for movement or transfer, as in 「車を移動する」; its scope is broad and not limited to shifting something a little.
• SynonymうつすNeutralMoves something to another place or shifts attention, as in 「席を移す」; 「ずらす」 only offsets something slightly.
• Synonym動かすうごかすNeutralMakes something move, as in 「机を動かす」, and can also mean moving someone's heart; broader in scope than 「ずらす」.
• Related移し変えるうつしかえるNeutralMoves something from one place to another, as in 「鉢に移し替える」; the point is changing the container or location, not nudging something slightly.
• Antonym合わせるあわせるNeutralMeans aligning or matching, as in 「時間を合わせる」; it is the opposite of 「ずらす」, which offsets or staggers.
• Antonym揃えるそろえるNeutralMeans arranging things neatly or making them uniform; it stands opposite 「ずらす」, which makes things staggered.

Use 「ずらす」 to shift something slightly or offset a time, as in 「予定を一日ずらす」. For moving something elsewhere say 「移す」, for movement 「移動」; the opposites are 「合わせる」 and 「揃える」.

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1. 滑すべらせるようにして、少すこし移動いどうさせる。
2. 予定よていの日時にちじなどを少すこし変更へんこうする。
3. 論点ろんてんなどをそらす。