誤魔化す
ごまかす
Also written 誤摩化す, 胡麻化す
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to deceive; to cheat; to swindle
- to falsify; to misrepresent; to lie about; to tamper with; to fiddle; to doctor; to cook
- to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge; to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to smooth over; to get one's way out of (a difficult situation); to explain away
- to embezzle; to pocket
Kanji
Example sentences
- トランプでごまかすのはよくないことだ。
It is wrong to cheat at cards. - そんな手で私の目をごまかそうとしても無駄だ。
You can't fool me with a trick like that. - お前の責任なんだから、笑ってごまかすなよ。
This is your responsibility. It's not the kind of thing you can laugh off. - あの店でおつりをごまかされた。
They short-changed me at that store. - 誰も部長をごまかせません。
Nobody can put anything over on the bureau chief.