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Secondary schoolJLPT N1

evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun

16 strokes · frequency rank #756

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Kun
さ.ける、よ.ける

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Common words

  1. ひなんtaking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape1
    • He sought shelter from the rain.

    • We took refuge behind a big tree.

    • We took cover from the thunder shower.

  2. かいひevasion; avoidance2
    • Stop hiding your head in the sand.

    • Discover a way around the situation.

    • If one wants to grow, one must not avoid hardships.

  3. ひなんみんevacuees; displaced persons; refugees3
    • The refugees barely escaped death.

    • The refugees struggled against hunger.

    • We furnished the refugees with blankets.

  4. たいひtaking refuge; evacuation4
  5. とうひescape; evasion; flight5
    • All you're doing is trying to escape reality.

    • Everyone has his intellectual desire; mine is to escape life as I know it.

  6. ひにんcontraception; birth control6
    • You used a condom for birth control, right?

    • I use birth control.

    • I don't use birth control.

  7. ひしょescaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering7
  8. ふかひinevitable; inescapable; unavoidable8
  9. さけるto avoid (physical contact with)9
    • You might avoid an unpleasant experience.

    • The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.

    • Accidents are inevitable.

  10. きひevasion; avoidance; shirking10

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