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)
2. to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset
usu. in the negative
3. to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
Kanji used
deviate (from something)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to distract one's attention
to distract one's attention