Illustration: During a game of tag in a Japanese neighborhood park, an adult player makes a narrow escape around the end of a low climbing structure. The pursuing friend reaches through the gap but misses the back of the player’s jacket by a handspan.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

逃にげ

nige

escape, evasion

Example sentences

理由りゆうを話はなさずに帰かえるのは逃にげだ。
Leaving without explaining why is avoiding the issue.
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曖昧あいまいな返事へんじは逃にげに見みえる。
A vague answer looks like an evasion.
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難むずかしい話はなしになると、彼かれはすぐ逃にげに入はいる。
As soon as the conversation gets difficult, he starts dodging it.
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Kanji in 逃

逃escape; fleeOnトウKunにげる・にがす・のがす

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