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ごまかす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to deceive; to cheat; to swindle
But my eyes can't be fooled that easily.
2. to falsify; to misrepresent; to lie about; to tamper with; to fiddle; to doctor; to cook
They must have been lying about their age and appearance.
3. to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge; to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to smooth over; to get one's way out of (a difficult situation); to explain away
Giggling cutely to laugh it off won't work!
4. to embezzle; to pocket
Alt. forms
誤ご魔ま化かす
61%
ごまかす
38%
胡ご麻ま化かす
誤ご摩ま化かす
Pitch accent
ご
まか
す
Top 3300
Conjugations...Used in: 3244
Composed of
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
Examples (3 in total)
Oh, come on, don't try to brush me off again.
To cover that up, I pretend to read the textbook.
If you were going to cover it up anyway, I wish you had come up with a better excuse.