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欺く (あざむく, azamuku) Japanese meaning: deceive | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 欺く · godan verb (-ku)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 欺あざむ く 欺あざむ かない Polite 欺あざむ きます 欺あざむ きません Past polite 欺あざむ きました 欺あざむ きませんでした Past 欺あざむ いた 欺あざむ かなかった Te-form 欺あざむ いて 欺あざむ かないで Desire 欺あざむ きたい 欺あざむ きたくない Potential 欺あざむ ける 欺あざむ けない Passive 欺あざむ かれる 欺あざむ かれない Causative 欺あざむ かせる 欺あざむ かせない Causative passive 欺あざむ かせられる also 欺あざむ かされる 欺あざむ かせられない also 欺あざむ かされない Volitional 欺あざむ こう Polite volitional 欺あざむ きましょう Imperative 欺あざむ け 欺あざむ くな Conditional 欺あざむ けば 欺あざむ かなければ Tara conditional 欺あざむ いたら 欺あざむ かなかったら
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術じゅつ
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相あい
手て
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欺あざむ
い
た
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He deceived his opponent with skillful rhetoric.
Don't be fooled by appearances.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 欺あざむ く to deceive someone
He deceived people with his clever storytelling.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 目め を 欺あざむ く to fool someone's eyes; to evade someone's detection
He disguised himself to fool the enemy's eyes.
世せ 間けん を 欺あざむ く to deceive the public
The company was deceiving the public with fake data.
Related words· 6 欺く is more literary/formal and often implies calculated betrayal, while 騙す is the common everyday word for deceiving or cheating someone.
欺く suggests a clever, often serious deception, while たぶらかす suggests luring someone into being fooled with sweet words or flattery.
欺く focuses on misleading a person, while 偽る focuses on falsifying facts, one's identity, or feelings.
欺く is a more formal, literary word for deceiving someone, while してやる (in this sense) is casual and often carries a triumphant, gloating nuance.
Show 2 more 欺く means to deliberately deceive or trick someone, whereas 惑わす can involve either deliberate deception or confusion caused by conflicting information or temptation.
欺く focuses purely on deceiving someone, whereas 図る in this sense implies deceiving as part of a broader scheme or plan.
Don't confuse with 欺く means to deceive someone, while 嘲る (あざける), despite sounding similar, means to mock or ridicule someone.
Written forms 欺あざむ く Usage 74%
Standard kanji spelling; the only kanji form.
あざむく Usage 26%
Etymology The kanji 欺 is composed of 其 (winnowing basket, here used phonetically) and 欠 (lack, yawn), suggesting a lack of sincerity or deception. The reading あざむく is of native Japanese origin, with uncertain derivation.
