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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

惑まどわす

madowasu

to mislead, to confuse

Example sentences

  1. 噂話うわさばなしに惑まどわされるな。

    Don’t let the rumors deceive you.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あふれる情報じょうほうに惑まどわされて選択せんたくできなくなってきた、と言いってもよい。

    You could say that the flood of information has left people unable to make a choice.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 満月まんげつの日ひに行おこなわれないのは、かがり火びに集あつまってくるアユが月明つきあかりに惑まどわされるのを防ふせぐためである。

    It is not held on the day of the full moon, so that the ayu drawn to the bonfires will not be confused by the moonlight.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 惑

  • 惑beguile; delusionOnワクKunまどう

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