背ける

そむける

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

Kanji

• 背 back. Read as そむける.

Example sentences

• 彼女は顔をそむけて泣き始めた。
  She turned away and began to cry.
• 彼女は大量の血を目にして恐怖で顔をそむけた。
  She turned away in horror at the sight of so much blood.
• 彼女は怒って顔を背けた。
  She turned away in anger.
• 彼女は彼に涙を見られないように顔をそむけた。
  She turned her head away, lest he should see her tears.
• その事故の映像は思わず目をそむけたくなるほど凄惨なものだった。
  The footage from that accident was so horrifying that it made me want to look away.

Common phrases

• 目を背ける (めをそむける) to look away (from)
• 顔を背ける (かおをそむける) to turn one's face away

Related forms

• 背く (そむく) to run counter to (intransitive partner)

Words containing 背ける

• 顔を背ける (かおをそむける) to turn one's face away
• 目を背ける (めをそむける) to look away (from)

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