避ける

verb (ichidan)さける · sakeru

1. Englishto avoid (physical contact with)

   • そのスピードを出した車は道路に飛び出した子供を、間一髪で、避けることができた。The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.

2. Englishto avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities)

   • あなたはいやな経験を避けるかもしれない。You might avoid an unpleasant experience.

3. Englishto ward off; to avert

4. Englishto put aside; to move out of the way

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