Keyword
avoid
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1618
Readings
(35%)
(35%)
(29%)
Composed of
punishment
road
Used in vocabulary (113 in total)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
evasion; avoidance
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
Examples (79 in total)
I know you've been avoiding me.
This appears to have been inevitable.
He was so near that I couldn't avoid him.
He avoided meeting her on the way.
She avoids me.
I tried to avoid her, but it was hard, considering we were in the same class.
Try to avoid bad company.
Are you avoiding me?
I stood under a tree to avoid getting wet.
You must avoid making such mistakes.
You might avoid an unpleasant experience.
To many, change seems inevitable.
War is unavoidable.
Had he known the facts, the accident might have been avoided.
Accidents are inevitable.
I tried to avoid conflict.
You took shelter under a tree.
We took shelter under a tree.
I had to take shelter under a tree.
I avoid reading the news.
We must evacuate the people in the hall!
Defensive driving can help you avoid accidents.
It's necessary to avoid stress.
I tried to avoid looking at her eyes.
We have to avoid a conflict as far as possible.
I will try to avoid tunnels as much as possible.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
She avoided answering my questions.
Yoko avoided answering my question.
Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.
It was wise of you to keep away from him.
We must avoid war by all possible means.
You should avoid calling a person after ten at night.
We took refuge behind a big tree.
In order to avoid misunderstandings, they went through the contract again.
How can you avoid the dangers of the Internet?
Many mistakes could have been avoided through simple experiments.
I try to avoid arguments.
He is so aggressive that others avoid him.
Tom is trying to avoid Mary, isn't he?
Tom avoided Mary.
We stayed home for Christmas, so as to avoid heavy traffic.
As a matter of fact, bankruptcy is inevitable.
The police wanted to avoid bloodshed.
Another thing to avoid is to use too much praise.
We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.
Ah, I wish there was a shelter.
We furnished the refugees with blankets.
The refugees struggled against hunger.
Shy people avoid eye contact and blush easily.
We took a back road to avoid the traffic accident.
Avoid fried foods for a while.
Westerners, in general, prefer to avoid such topics unless the other person brings them up.
You used a condom for birth control, right?
Tom fled to Boston.
Seaside resorts, such as Newport, are very crowded in summer.
Karuizawa is famous as a summer resort.
Store in a cool place, away from direct sunlight.
He sought shelter from the rain.
I don't know how to legally get around those regulations.
Avoid direct sunlight and store at room temperature.
We have to avoid the nuclear war by all means.
The question is how to avoid nuclear war.
What's a lightning rod?
There are a lot of problems we can't avoid.
Today, we had an evacuation drill at school.
Thank you for your hard work during today's evacuation drill.
The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
You'd better avoid discussion of religion and politics.
With a little more care, the driver could have avoided such a tragic accident.
She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.
War must be avoided at all costs.
If you had left a little earlier, you would have avoided the heavy traffic.
Had they left a little earlier, they would have avoided the traffic jam.
We know how to get around traffic congestion.
We took a back road to avoid the heavy traffic.
Because of the volcanic eruption, many people were forced to evacuate.
I'd like to avoid this problem in the future.
So-called trade friction could be avoided some day.