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    3. 欺く

    欺く

    欺あざむく​

    to deceive

    N1KMT8CoreVerb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab13 strokes

    あざむく

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to deceive, to delude, to trick, to fool
    2.
    to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

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    彼かれは私わたしを欺あざむこうとした。

    He tried to deceive me.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    敵てきを欺あざむくために偽にせの情じょう報ほうを流ながした。

    We spread false information to deceive the enemy.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyMilitary
    友ゆう人じんを欺あざむくことは、彼かれの心こころを深ふかく傷きずつけた。

    Deceiving his friend deeply hurt his heart.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    詐さ欺ぎ師しは巧たくみな話わ術じゅつで人ひと々びとを欺あざむく。

    Swindlers deceive people with skillful rhetoric.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その美うつくしさは言こと葉ばでは欺あざむきがたい。

    Its beauty is beyond description (lit. hard to deceive with words).

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    欺
    あざむ.く…(1)
    deceit・cheat・delude
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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