避ける

• 読み: さける
• ローマ字: sakeru
• 漢字の分解: 避 (hi/sa) — to avoid, to evade
• 発音: /sa.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To avoid; to evade; to steer clear of. Used for keeping away from danger, trouble, or undesirable situations.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb conjugated by dropping る. Used for both physical avoidance (dodging an obstacle) and abstract avoidance (avoiding a topic). Related to 回避 (avoidance). Note: also read よける for physically dodging objects. Very useful in daily conversation and formal writing alike.

例文

1. 混雑を避けるために早く出発した。
2. 甘いものをできるだけ避けている。
3. 危険な場所は避けたほうがいい。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, health, travel

トーン: cautious

起源と歴史

The kanji 避 combines 辶 (road) and 辟 (to push away), meaning to take a path that pushes away from something — to avoid.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal