さける

避 ける

Common word

  1. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to avoid (physical contact with)

    • 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. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

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

    • 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. Ichidan verb

    to ward off, to avert

  4. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to put aside, to move out of the way