はぐらかす

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぐらか [hàgúrákáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɡɯ̟ɾa̠ka̠sɨ]

Verb

はぐらかす • (hagurakasutransitive godan (stem はぐらかし (hagurakashi), past はぐらかした (hagurakashita))

Japanese verb pair
active はぐらかす
mediopassive 逸れる
  1. to dodge (a question), to evade, to sidestep
    質問(しつもん)はぐらかす
    shitsumon o hagurakasu
    to dodge questions

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN