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そらす
Meanings
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)
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.)
The catcher let the ball get by.
Alt. forms
逸そらす
71%
そらす
28%
Pitch accent
そ
ら
す
Top 6200
Conjugations...Used in: 1992
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
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
to distract
to distract one's attention
to distract one's attention
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
to distract
to distract one's attention
to distract one's attention
Examples (3 in total)
We need to divert the topic a little.
I averted my gaze, but I felt him approaching.
Saying so, she stood up and brushed the sand off roughly, averting her gaze.