I Love Kanji避ける (yokeru)
避ける (よける, yokeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to avoid (physical contact with)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よける
- Romaji
- yokeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to avoid (physical contact with) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to ward off; to avert · ichidan verb, transitive, intransitive
- to put aside; to move out of the way · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
そのスピードを出した車は道路に飛び出した子供を、間一髪で、避けることができた。
The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 避ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 避ける | よける yokeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 避けます | よけます yokemasu |
| Negative | 避けない | よけない yokenai |
| Polite negative | 避けません | よけません yokemasen |
| Past | 避けた | よけた yoketa |
| Polite past | 避けました | よけました yokemashita |
| Negative past | 避けなかった | よけなかった yokenakatta |
| Te-form | 避けて | よけて yokete |
| Potential | 避けられる | よけられる yokerareru |
| Passive | 避けられる | よけられる yokerareru |
| Causative | 避けさせる | よけさせる yokesaseru |
| Volitional | 避けよう | よけよう yokeyou |
| Imperative | 避けろ | よけろ yokero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 避ければ | よければ yokereba |
Kanji in 避ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 避ける.
Source: JMdict entry 1583260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.