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避さける

rarely used kanji formIchidan verbverb (generic)transitive verb

さける

to avoid (physical contact with)
to avoid (situation), to evade (question, subject), to shirk (one's responsibilities)
to ward off, to avert
to put aside, to move out of the way

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Example sentences

彼かれは質問しつもんを避さけた。

He avoided the question.

雨あめを避さけるために屋根やねの下したに入はいった。

I went under the roof to avoid the rain.

できるだけ人混ひとごみを避さけるようにしています。

I try to avoid crowds as much as possible.

彼女かのじょは責任せきにんを避さけずにしっかりと向むき合あった。

She faced her responsibilities without shirking them.

その話題わだいは職場しょくばでは避さけたほうが無難ぶなんだと上司じょうしに言いわれた。

My boss told me it would be safer to avoid that topic in the workplace.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)