How to say "evade" in Japanese

• そらすJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers evading a question by turning it aside instead of answering, the way you might turn your eyes or attention away. Typical context: a politician deflecting a reporter's question.
  わたしの気きを仕事しごとからそらさないでください。↗

  Please don't take my mind off the work.
• 受け流すうけながすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbEvading in the sense of warding something off: you take what comes at you, a blow or a pointed question, and let it slide past rather than taking it head-on.
  あいつにはまいったよ。どんなに厳きびしく怒おこっても、柳に風やなぎにかぜと受け流うけながすだけだよ。↗

  I don't know what to do with that guy. No matter how mad I get at him he just takes it in stride and pays no attention.
• 逃げるにげるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbEvading as a form of running away: dodging a question or shirking responsibility by fleeing from it, often with a critical nuance that the person is escaping what they ought to face.
  現実げんじつから逃にげることはできない。↗

  You can't escape from reality.
• 避けるさけるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe general-purpose verb of avoidance: to evade a question or subject here is to keep it at a distance, steering clear of the topic or situation rather than deflecting it as it comes.
  あなたはいやな経験けいけんを避さけるかもしれない。↗

  You might avoid an unpleasant experience.
• 免れるまぬがれるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbEvading as escaping or being spared something undesirable: getting off without punishment, or slipping out of a responsibility you would otherwise bear.

Use 「そらす」 or 「受け流す」 to deflect a question or attack as it comes, 「避ける」 to keep clear of a topic or situation, 「逃げる」 to dodge responsibility by fleeing it, and 「免れる」 to escape punishment or other harm.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• そらすto turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.)
• 受け流すうけながすto ward off (e.g. an attack)
• かわすto dodge
• 茶を濁すちゃをにごすto evade (questions)
• お茶を濁すおちゃをにごすto evade (questions)
• かいくぐるto slip through
• はぐらかすto dodge (e.g. a question)
• 肩透かしを食わせるかたすかしをくわせるto dodge (an attack, question, etc.)
• 身をかわすみをかわすto dodge
• 体をかわすたいをかわすto avoid
• 言い逃れるいいのがれるto explain away
• 逃げるにげるto avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.)
• くぐるto evade
• 避けるさけるto avoid (situation)
• ごまかすto evade (a question, taxes, etc.)
• 免れるまぬがれるto avoid (e.g. punishment)
• 濁すにごすto make ambiguous
• すり抜けるすりぬけるto get around
• くぐり抜けるくぐりぬけるto struggle through
• 外すはずすto dodge (a question, blow, etc.)