避
避

evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun

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さ.けるよ.ける

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避けるさける (避ける)よける除けるIchidan verbFreq #806
1

よける only; Transitive verb

to avoid (physical contact with)

Examples
そのスピードを出した車は道路に飛び出した子供を、間一髪で、避けることができた。
The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.
2

さける only; Transitive verb

to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities)

Examples
あなたはいやな経験を避けるかもしれない。
You might avoid an unpleasant experience.
3

to ward off; to avert

4

よける only; Transitive verb

to put aside; to move out of the way

去る避るさるFreq #1055
1

Godan verb; Intransitive verb

to leave; to go away

Examples
１９００年に彼はイギリスを去り、そのまま二度と戻らなかった。
In 1900, he left England, and he never returned.
2

Godan verb; Intransitive verb

to pass; to elapse

Examples
古き良き時代は去って、二度ともどってこない。
The good old days have gone, never to return.
3

Godan verb; Intransitive verb

to be distant

4

Godan verb; Transitive verb

to send away; to drive off; to divorce

5

Auxiliary verb; Godan verb; After a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb

to (do) completely

6

去る only; Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

last ... (e.g. "last April")

Examples
去る６月に私の姉は高校の教師と結婚した。
My sister married a high school teacher last June.
回避かいひNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #3257
1

evasion; avoidance

Examples
現実を回避するのはもうやめろ。
Stop hiding your head in the sand.
2

Law

recusal (of a judge)

避難ひなんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #3936
1

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

Examples
彼は雨を避ける避難場所を捜した。
He sought shelter from the rain.
かわす躱す避わすTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #4488
1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

Examples
彼は株の大暴落をうまくかわしていました。
He made his timely escape from the stock market crash.
退避たいひNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #10966
1

taking refuge; evacuation

2

Computing

backup (of data)

現実逃避げんじつとうひNounFreq #12337
1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

忌避きひNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #15220
1

evasion; avoidance; shirking

2

Law

recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

逃避とうひNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #17374
1

escape; evasion; flight

Examples
前のやっていることは現実からの逃避に過ぎない。
All you're doing is trying to escape reality.
避難所ひなんじょNounFreq #22259
1

shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge

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