擦り付ける

なすりつける

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to smear
2. to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

Kanji

• 擦 chafe
• 付 attach. Read as つける.

Example sentences

• 彼は責任を友人になすりつけた。
  He fixed the blame on his friends.
• 責任を擦り付けないでよ。
  Hold on, don't pin responsibility on me.

Common phrases

• 罪をなすりつける
• 責任をなすりつける

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