逃避|とうひtouhi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbescape; evasion; flight
   前まえのやっていることは現実げんじつからの逃避とうひに過すぎない。↗

   All you're doing is trying to escape reality.

• Synonym逃れるのがれるNeutralA verb for getting out of danger or shedding responsibility; it stresses leaving a situation behind, while 「逃避」 stresses dodging a difficulty you ought to face.
• Synonym回避かいひNeutralAvoiding a risk, problem or duty, as in 「危険回避」 or 「責任を回避する」; neutral or negative. 「逃避」 more strongly implies dodging something you should face.
• Synonym忌避きひWrittenA written, formal term: shunning something out of dislike, as in 「徴兵忌避」; also the legal term for a judge's recusal. More formal than 「逃避」.
• Synonym抜け出すぬけだすNeutralTo slip out quietly, or break free of a bad patch, as in 「不況から抜け出す」; it centres on the act of getting away, 「逃避」 on avoiding what you should face.
• Synonym免れるまぬがれるNeutralTo be spared disaster or punishment, as in 「責任を免れる」; it stresses the outcome of never meeting it, while 「逃避」 is actively dodging.
• SynonymエスケープCasualColloquial loanword for escaping or skipping class, also a brief getaway like 「現実からのエスケープ」; lighter in tone than 「逃避」.
• Related逃げるにげるNeutralThe everyday verb for running away, and for dodging duties or problems; broadest in range and the most common choice, it can replace 「逃避」 in most uses.
• Related抜け出るぬけでるNeutralTo slip quietly out of a place (also: to stand out); it centres on leaving unnoticed and lacks 「逃避」's sense of shirking a difficulty.
• Related抜けるぬけるCasualColloquial and many-sided: to come out, fall out, be missing, or pass through and leave; its use in the sense of 「逃避」 is quite limited.
• Related脱出だっしゅつNeutralGetting out of a dangerous place, as in 「脱出成功」; it stresses escaping peril, while 「逃避」 stresses avoiding what you ought to face.
• Related脱走だっそうNeutralBreaking out of a place that holds you, as in 「脱走兵」; it implies confinement or restraint, which 「逃避」 need not involve.
• Related退散たいさんNeutralA group dispersing or beating a retreat, as in 「早々に退散する」; often jocular, and about leaving the scene rather than shirking.
• Related逃走とうそうNeutralThe act of fleeing the scene, as in 「逃走中」; purely physical flight, while 「逃避」 stresses dodging a difficulty.
• Related逃亡とうぼうNeutralFleeing and going into hiding, as in 「海外逃亡」; it stresses concealing your whereabouts and often involves crime or pursuit.
• RelatedトンズラCasualSlang for bolting or doing a runner; colloquial with an underworld flavour, and only for actually taking off.
• Related逸走いっそうWrittenWritten or technical: fleeing, or a train straying onto the wrong track, a horse running off course. 「逃避」 is about mental avoidance.
• Related雲隠れくもがくれNeutralVanishing or going into hiding, often ironically, of someone who disappears to dodge their responsibilities.
• Related出奔しゅっぽんWrittenA written term: absconding or eloping; historically, a samurai leaving his domain. It stresses leaving where one belongs and vanishing.
• Related逃げおおせるにげおおせるNeutralTo make good one's escape, getting safely away from pursuers; only actual successful flight, while 「逃避」 is dodging a duty whether or not you succeed.
• Related逃げ失せるにげうせるWrittenWritten and less common: to flee the scene and vanish without trace.
• Related遁走とんそうWrittenWritten: hasty flight, often of a beaten force in retreat; it is only physical running, while 「逃避」 is dodging what you should face.
• Related逃散ちょうさんWrittenA historical term: farmers of the medieval and Edo periods abandoning their fields to flee taxes; 「逃避」 covers avoiding difficulty in general.
• RelatedずらかるCasualSlang for slipping away or making off; carries an underworld flavour and refers only to actually getting away.
• Antonym直面ちょくめんNeutralAntonym: to confront a difficulty or look a problem in the eye, the opposite of 「逃避」's dodging of what one should face.
• Antonym対決たいけつNeutralAntonym: a head-on showdown that settles who is right or who wins, as in 「直接対決」; facing an opponent squarely, unlike 「逃避」.
• Antonym挑戦ちょうせんNeutralAntonym: taking on a difficulty or daring a new attempt, as in 「新記録に挑戦する」; the opposite of fleeing from difficulty.

Use 「逃避」 for dodging a difficulty or reality you ought to face, as in 「現実逃避」. For actually running away, say 「逃げる」 (the everyday default) or 「逃走」; for avoiding a risk or duty, 「回避」; for getting out of danger, 「脱出」. Verbs like 「逃れる」「免れる」 stress getting out of or being spared a situation; 「脱走」「逃亡」 add confinement or hiding; 「退散」「トンズラ」「ずらかる」 are lighter or slangy; 「忌避」「逸走」「遁走」「出奔」「逃散」 are written or technical. Face things instead with 「直面」「対決」「挑戦」.

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1. 処理しょりすべき困難こんなんなどを避さけて逃のがれること。