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誤魔化す
誤魔化す
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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誤 | 魔 | 化 |
ご Grade: 6 |
ま Grade: S |
か Grade: 3 |
on'yomi |
Alternative forms
- 胡魔化す
Verb
誤魔化す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ごまかす, romaji gomakasu)
- to cheat or deceive
- to lie
- to evade a question or deflect attention; to gloss over a mistake; to fudge; to bullshit
- to embezzle
- to defraud or swindle
Conjugation
Conjugation of "誤魔化す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 誤魔化さ | ごまかさ | gomakasa |
Continuative (連用形) | 誤魔化し | ごまかし | gomakashi |
Terminal (終止形) | 誤魔化す | ごまかす | gomakasu |
Attributive (連体形) | 誤魔化す | ごまかす | gomakasu |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 誤魔化せ | ごまかせ | gomakase |
Imperative (命令形) | 誤魔化せ | ごまかせ | gomakase |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 誤魔化される | ごまかされる | gomakasareru |
Causative | 誤魔化させる 誤魔化さす |
ごまかさせる ごまかさす |
gomakasaseru gomakasasu |
Potential | 誤魔化せる | ごまかせる | gomakaseru |
Volitional | 誤魔化そう | ごまかそう | gomakasō |
Negative | 誤魔化さない | ごまかさない | gomakasanai |
Negative continuative | 誤魔化さず | ごまかさず | gomakasazu |
Formal | 誤魔化します | ごまかします | gomakashimasu |
Perfective | 誤魔化した | ごまかした | gomakashita |
Conjunctive | 誤魔化して | ごまかして | gomakashite |
Hypothetical conditional | 誤魔化せば | ごまかせば | gomakaseba |
Synonyms
Synonyms