注ちゅう意いをそらす

expression, godan verb (-su)

distract someone's attention; divert attention

Used when someone or something causes a person to lose focus or shift their attention away from what they were doing or watching.

• 彼かれはわざと変へんな音おとを出だして、私わたしの注ちゅう意いをそらした。

  He deliberately made a strange noise to distract my attention.

• 運うん転てん中ちゅうにスマホを見みると注ちゅう意いをそらすことになる。

  Looking at your smartphone while driving will distract your attention.