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"
That alone must absolutely be avoided.
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
2. to ward off; to avert
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to avoid a problem
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
to spare the trouble (of doing)
Examples (85 in total)
Disasters are unavoidable.
It was an unavoidable situation, wasn't it?
Are you avoiding me?