Illustration: In the narrow yard behind a Japanese home, a gardener is watering pots with a hose when a family member steps out carrying freshly washed bedding. The gardener quickly angles the nozzle away from the approaching fabric, sending the continuous stream into an empty washbasin beside the plants.

そらす

sorasu

to turn away, to divert

Example sentences

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.
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彼女かのじょは視線しせんをそらした。
She turned her eyes away.
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勉強べんきょうから僕ぼくの気きをそらさないでくれ。
Don’t distract me from studying.
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