騙す

• 読み: だます
• ローマ字: damasu
• 漢字の分解: 騙 (hen/damasu) — deceive, cheat, swindle
• 発音: /da.ma.sɯ/

意味

To deceive; to trick; to cheat. Intentionally misleading someone for personal gain or amusement.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb. Used for outright fraud (人を騙す, to deceive someone), scams (お金を騙し取る, to swindle money), and lighter deception. The compound 騙し騙し means 'while making do' or 'nursing along.' Carries a stronger negative connotation than ごまかす (to fudge/cover up).

例文

1. あの男にお金を騙し取られた。
2. 人を騙すのは絶対にいけないことだ。
3. 彼女は優しい言葉で相手を騙した。

使い方ガイド

場面: crime, daily life, warnings

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

The kanji 騙 combines 馬 (horse) and 扁 (flat/partial). One interpretation links it to calming a horse with soothing words — using gentle persuasion to mislead. Has been used for deception since the medieval period.

文化的背景

時代: Medieval

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal