あざむく – Vocabulary details

あざむく

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)

1. to deceive; to delude; to trick; to fool

これまで皆みなを欺あざむいていたことを申もうし訳わけなく思おもう。I'm sorry for having deceived everyone until now.

2. to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

in form Ａを欺くＢ

特とくに今日きょうみたいな雲くものない夜よるは、まさに昼ひるを欺あざむく明あかるさだ。Especially on a cloudless night like tonight, it's truly as bright as day.

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

あ

ざむ

く

Conjugations...Used in: 255

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

てきをあざむくにはまずみかたから

in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies

ゆきをあざむく

to be as white as snow

はなをあざむくびじん

woman as pretty as a flower

Examples (9 in total)

自じ分ぶんをあざむくのはやめましょう。

Stop deluding yourself.

よくもあざむきおったな。

How dare you deceive me!

人ひとをあざむけるはずもない。

There is no way one can deceive people.

敵てきをあざむくには、まず味み方かたから。

To deceive the enemy, start by deceiving your own allies.

花はなをあざむく美うつくしさに誰だれもが見みとれた。

Everyone was entranced by a beauty that rivaled the flowers.

これまで皆みなをあざむいていたことを申もうし訳わけなく思おもう。

I'm sorry for having deceived everyone until now.

悪あく魔まごときが、この私わたしをあざむきおって！

How dare a mere demon deceive me!

よくも自じ分ぶんをあざむいたなと、伯お父じに対たいして憤いきどおりを感かんじた。

I felt resentment against my uncle for deceiving me.

特とくに今日きょうみたいな雲くものない夜よるは、まさに昼ひるをあざむく明あかるさだ。

Especially on a cloudless night like tonight, it's truly as bright as day.

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Meanings

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

Examples (9 in total)