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唆す

そそのかす

to incite, to tempt

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Examples

  1. 友人に唆されて盗んだ。

    ゆうじんにそそのかされてぬすんだ。

    He stole, egged on by a friend.

  2. 彼が部下を唆したとされている。

    かれがぶかをそそのかしたとされている。

    He is alleged to have incited his subordinate.

  3. 甘い言葉で唆すのはやめてくれ。

    あまいことばでそそのかすのはやめてくれ。

    Stop luring people in with sweet talk.

Common patterns

人を唆す
to incite someone
甘い言葉で唆す
to tempt with honeyed words
犯行を唆す
to instigate a crime

Memory tip

Always negative: you 唆す someone into doing something they should not. It surfaces most often in the passive 唆されて, which quietly shifts the blame onto the instigator.

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