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Zach

注意を逸らす

Reading

Kana: ちゅういをそらす
Romaji: chūiwosorasu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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to distract a person's attention

Kanji

注
Readings: チュウ、 そそ.ぐ、 さ.す、 つ.ぐ
Meanings: pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
意
Reading: イ
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
逸
Readings: イツ、 そ.れる、 そ.らす、 はぐ.れる
Meanings: deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge

Example Sentences

突然(とつぜん)音(おと)がして彼(かれ)らはゲームから注意(ちゅうい)をそらした。
➥A sudden noise abstracted their attention from the game.
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相手(あいて)の注意(ちゅうい)をそらすため、我々(われわれ)は本題(ほんだい)とは関係(かんけい)のない話(はなし)をもちだした。
➥In order to distract the others, we brought up this irrelevant issue as a red herring.
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