deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge

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イツ

Kun

そ.れるそ.らすはぐ.れる

Nanori

いっはやへん

Dictionary

Common Words

逸らすTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #3765
1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g. a question); to change (e.g. the subject)

Examples
わたしの気を仕事からそらさないでください。
Please don't take my mind off the work.
2

Usu. in the negative

to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset

3

to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

目をそらす目を逸らすめをそらす目を反らすExpressionGodan verbFreq #4444
1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

Examples
ぼんやりとして目をそらすな、自分のしていることに注意を払いなさい。
Don't look away idly; just pay attention to what you're doing.
2

to avoid facing (e.g. reality)

ドイツ独逸独乙NounUsually kanaFreq #6695
1

Germany

Examples
ナチズムはドイツ独特のものでしたか。
Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?
逸れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #9847
1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)

2

to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray; to wander

Examples
本題からそれないようにしましょう。
Let's not deviate from the subject.
ぐれ逸れるUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #9950
1

Intransitive verb

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from

Examples
私は途中で彼とはぐれてしまった。
I lost sight of him on the way.
2

Auxiliary verb; After the -masu stem of a verb, sometimes as っぱぐれる

to miss (one's chance to ...)

いち早くちはやく逸早く逸速くAdverbFreq #11396
1

promptly; quickly; without delay

Examples
ねずみはいち早く沈みそうな船を見捨てる。
Rats leave a sinking ship.
2

before others; first

逸脱つだつNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #15226
1

deviation; departure

2

Transitive verb

(accidental) omission

逸る早るIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #15679
1

to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be rash; to be impetuous

2

to be excited; to be in high spirits

逸話つわNounFreq #16013
1

anecdote; story; episode

Examples
彼はまずユーモアのある逸話を話して講義を始めた。
He began his lecture with a humorous anecdote.
常軌を逸するじょうきをいっするExpressionFreq #16136
1

Suru verb - special class

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

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