目を逸らす – Vocabulary details

目めを逸そらす

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

deviate (from something)

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、目めを逸そらすわけにはいかない。

But I cannot look away.

マリアは目めを逸そらす。

Maria looks away.

窓まどから目めを逸そらして、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.

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.

過か去こから目めを逸そらすことは、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目めを逸そらすのだろう。

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目めを逸そらした。

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

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