そらす – Vocabulary details

そらす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g. a question); to change (e.g. the subject)

僕ぼくは視し線せんを逸そらしたが、彼かれが近ちかづいてくる気け配はいがした。I averted my gaze, but I felt him approaching.

2. to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset

usu. in the negative

3. to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

キャッチャーがボールをそらした。The catcher let the ball get by.

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to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest

少すこし話わ題だいをそらす必ひつ要ようがあります。

We need to divert the topic a little.

僕ぼくは視し線せんをそらしたが、彼かれが近ちかづいてくる気け配はいがした。

I averted my gaze, but I felt him approaching.

彼かの女じょはそう言いいながら立たち上あがると、視し線せんをそらして乱らん暴ぼうに砂すなを払はらった。

Saying so, she stood up and brushed the sand off roughly, averting her gaze.

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