To provide a slide bearing which is improved in a load-carrying capacity without enlarging the size of the slide bearing.

A slide bearing 10 comprises a cylindrical bearing body 11 for supporting a revolving shaft 4 rotatably. Each of the two end portions of an inner circumference 14 of the bearing body 11 is provided with a groove 18 which is opened at one end in an end face 17 of the bearing body 11 and extends at an inclination in the rotational direction with respect to the axial direction of the revolving shaft 4 and which is arranged at its other end in the end portion of the inner circumference 14 of the bearing body 11.