避ける (さける): to avoid (physical contact); to ward off, to avert — Japanese vocabulary
避ける is read さける and means "to avoid (physical contact); to ward off, to avert". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
避ける
- Reading
- さける · sakeru
- Translation
- to avoid (physical contact); to ward off, to avert
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- さけるが
Example
戦争は避けられないものではない。
せんそうはさけられないものではない。
War is not inevitable.
Kanji in this word
- 避 — avoid, evade
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