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さけ
る
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities)
when read as "さける"
それだけは
絶
ぜっ
対
たい
に
避
さ
けなければ
ならない。
That alone must absolutely be avoided.
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
2. to ward off; to avert
Alt. forms
避
さ
け
る
92%
よけ
る
6%
さけ
る
1%
除
よ
け
る
Pitch accent
さ
け
る
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Conjugations...
Used in: 487
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
もんだいを
さけ
る
to avoid a problem
さんしゃを
さけ
る
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
はんを
さけ
る
to spare the trouble (of doing)
しょを
さけ
る
to summer; to go away for the summer
せきにんを
さけ
る
to shirk a responsibility
Examples (85 in total)
災
さい
害
がい
は
さけられない
。
Disasters are unavoidable.
さけよう
のない
状
じょう
況
きょう
だったんだろ？
It was an unavoidable situation, wasn't it?
私
わたし
のこと
さけてる
？
Are you avoiding me?
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