I Love Kanjiそらす (sorasu)
そらす is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そらす
- Romaji
- sorasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g. a question); to change (e.g. the subject) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana · usu. in the negative
- to miss (the target, ball, etc.) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of そらす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | そらす | そらす sorasu |
| Polite (~masu) | そらします | そらします sorashimasu |
| Negative | そらさない | そらさない sorasanai |
| Polite negative | そらしません | そらしません sorashimasen |
| Past | そらした | そらした sorashita |
| Polite past | そらしました | そらしました sorashimashita |
| Negative past | そらさなかった | そらさなかった sorasanakatta |
| Te-form | そらして | そらして sorashite |
| Potential | そらせる | そらせる soraseru |
| Passive | そらされる | そらされる sorasareru |
| Causative | そらさせる | そらさせる sorasaseru |
| Volitional | そらそう | そらそう sorasou |
| Imperative | そらせ | そらせ sorase |
| Conditional (~ba) | そらせば | そらせば soraseba |
Source: JMdict entry 1167650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.