敬遠 – vocab dash

敬けい遠えん

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Transitive verb

1. pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; giving a wide berth

2. avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from

3. giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

Kanji used

Pitch accent

けいえん

Used in vocabulary

intentional base on balls (through declaration)

Noun

Examples6

トムはすぐにヒステリーを起おこすので、みんなが敬けい遠えんする。

Tom loses his temper so easily that everybody avoids him.

君きみは彼かれを敬けい遠えんする方ほうがよい。

You had better keep him at a respectful distance.

人ひと前まえで話はなすようなことは何なにによらず彼かれはいつも敬けい遠えんする。

He tends to shy away from anything that involves public speaking.

麻ま薬やくはどんなものでも敬けい遠えんしておいたほうがいい。

I think he should stay away from drugs of any sort.

彼かれは一いち番ばん大だい事じな問もん題だいを敬けい遠えんしたように思おもえた。

I felt that he skirted around the most important issues.

彼かれはそのバッターを敬けい遠えんした。

He walked the batter intentionally.