Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そむ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(そむ)ける (somukeruichidan (stem (そむ) (somuke), past (そむ)けた (somuketa))

  1. to turn away; to face away
    ()(そむ)けるme o somukeruto avert one's gaze
    現実(げんじつ)から()(そむ)けるgenjitsu kara me o somukeruto refuse to face reality
    (かお)(そむ)けるkao o somukeruto look away

Conjugation edit

References edit

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