verb (godan)まぎらす · magirasu
Englishto divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows)
- 長い旅行の退屈をミステリーを読んで紛らした。I distracted myself from the boredom of my long journey by reading mysteries.
Englishto conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation); to change (the subject)
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