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逸らす

そらす

to avert, to dodge

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Examples

  1. 話を逸らすな。

    はなしをそらすな。

    Don't change the subject.

  2. 気まずくて目を逸らした。

    きまずくてめをそらした。

    It was awkward, so I looked away.

  3. 批判から関心を逸らそうとしている。

    ひはんからかんしんをそらそうとしている。

    They are trying to divert attention away from the criticism.

Common patterns

目を逸らす
to avert one's eyes
話を逸らす
to change the subject
注意を逸らす
to divert attention

Memory tip

Transitive; the intransitive pair is 逸れる (それる) 'to veer off course', as when a typhoon misses. 目を逸らす works both literally and figuratively, for refusing to face a problem. It is often written in kana.

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