忽悠
ごまかす【誤魔化す】
1 〈だます〉 cheat; take somebody in; 《形式》 deceive
句例
勘定をごまかす cook up a bill
年齢をごまかす lie about [《形式》 misrepresent] one’s age
量目をごまかす give short measure [weight].
2 〈着服する〉 embezzle; pocket.
3 〈うまく逃げる〉 evade (a question); dodge 《a tax》
句例
笑ってごまかす laugh off (somebody's suspicions)
文例
あの男に5千円ごまかされた. I was cheated out of 5,000 yen by him.
そんなことを言ってもごまかされないぞ. I’m not going to be put off [taken in] by anything like that.
New College Japanese-English Dictionary, 4th edition (C) Kenkyusha Ltd. 1933,1995,1998 |