Word · 単語
誤魔化す
Reading ごまかす
to deceive
- 1 to deceive, to cheat, to swindle
- 2 to falsify, to misrepresent, to lie about, to tamper with, to fiddle, to doctor, to cook
- 3 to evade (a question, taxes, etc.), to dodge, to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.), to smooth over, to get one's way out of (a difficult situation), to explain away
- 4 to embezzle, to pocket
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例文 · examples
誰も部長をごまかせません。
Nobody can put anything over on the bureau chief.
sense 1 · to deceive
少女は笑って涙をごまかした。
The little girl laughed her tears away.
sense 3 · to evade (a question, taxes, etc.)
あの店でおつりをごまかされた。
They short-changed me at that store.
sense 2 · to falsify
外見で他人をごまかす。
He deceives others with his appearance.
sense 1 · to deceive
彼は１００円ごまかされた。
He was cheated of 100 yen.
sense 1 · to deceive