めをそらす – Vocabulary details

めをそらす

Expression

Verb (5-dan, す)

1. to look away; to avert one's eyes

けれど先せん生せいは、困こまった顔かおで目めを逸そらす。But the teacher averts their eyes with a troubled expression.

2. to avoid facing (e.g. reality)

それはもはや目めを逸そらせない現げん実じつだ。It is a reality that can no longer be looked away from.

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

だが、めをそらすわけにはいかない。

But I cannot look away.

マリアはめをそらす。

Maria looks away.

窓まどからめをそらして、うなだれた。

I looked away from the window and hung my head.

それはもはやめをそらせない現げん実じつだ。

It is a reality that can no longer be looked away from.

けれど先せん生せいは、困こまった顔かおでめをそらす。

But the teacher averts their eyes with a troubled expression.

過か去こからめをそらすことは、もうできない。

I can no longer avoid facing the past.

それならどうして答こたえる時ときにめをそらすのだろう。

If that's the case, why do you look away when answering?

見み透すかされるような眼まな差ざしが怖こわくて俺おれはそっとめをそらした。

I was afraid of the gaze that seemed to see right through me, so I quietly looked away.

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