- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common
  1. 1. [v5s, vt] to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time)
  2. 2. [v5s, vt] to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation); to change (the subject)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

nagai ryokou no taikutsu wo misuterii wo yonde magira shita .
I distracted myself from the boredom of my long journey by reading mysteries.