さけ
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to avoid (situation)
when read as "さける"
Verb (1-dan)
2. to ward off; to avert
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to avoid a problem
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
to spare the trouble (of doing)
Examples (50 in total)
She avoids me.
Are you avoiding me?
I avoid reading the news.
As a matter of fact, bankruptcy is inevitable.
The police wanted to avoid bloodshed.
Avoid fried foods for a while.
This appears to have been inevitable.
I know you've been avoiding me.
Try to avoid bad company.
I tried to avoid conflict.
It's necessary to avoid stress.
We have to avoid a conflict as far as possible.
It was wise of you to keep away from him.
We must avoid war by all possible means.
I try to avoid arguments.
Tom is trying to avoid Mary, isn't he?
The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
War must be avoided at all costs.
He avoided meeting her on the way.
I stood under a tree to avoid getting wet.
You might avoid an unpleasant experience.
I tried to avoid looking at her eyes.
She avoided answering my questions.
How can you avoid the dangers of the Internet?
He sought shelter from the rain.
Avoid direct sunlight and store at room temperature.
We have to avoid the nuclear war by all means.
So-called trade friction could be avoided some day.
He was so near that I couldn't avoid him.
You must avoid making such mistakes.
Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.
He is so aggressive that others avoid him.
We took a back road to avoid the traffic accident.
With a little more care, the driver could have avoided such a tragic accident.
She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.
If you had left a little earlier, you would have avoided the heavy traffic.
Had he known the facts, the accident might have been avoided.
You should avoid calling a person after ten at night.
In order to avoid misunderstandings, they went through the contract again.
Many mistakes could have been avoided through simple experiments.
We stayed home for Christmas, so as to avoid heavy traffic.
Another thing to avoid is to use too much praise.
We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.
Shy people avoid eye contact and blush easily.
Store in a cool place, away from direct sunlight.
You'd better avoid discussion of religion and politics.
To many, change seems inevitable.
I don't know how to legally get around those regulations.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
Westerners, in general, prefer to avoid such topics unless the other person brings them up.