Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to avoid (physical contact with)
when read as "よける"
2. to avoid (situation)
when read as "さける"
Verb (1-dan)
3. to ward off; to avert
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
4. to put aside; to move out of the way
when read as "よける"
Kanji used
avoid
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
to spare the trouble (of doing)
to shirk a responsibility
to summer; to go away for the summer
Examples (50 in total)
She avoids me.
Are you avoiding me?
I avoid reading the news.