よせつける – Vocabulary details

よせつける

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

usu. in the negative

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last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

この網あみは蚊かをよせつけないためのものだ。

This net here is to keep off mosquitoes.

彼かれは機き関かん銃じゅうを持もって侵しん略りゃく者しゃたちをよせつけなかった。

He kept the invaders at bay with a machine gun.

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