What does 紛らす mean?
紛らす is a Japanese verb meaning “to distract” in English. It can also be translated as “to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile)” depending on context. It is written as 紛らす in kanji, まぎらす in hiragana, and magirasu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
長い旅行の退屈をミステリーを読んで紛らした。
I distracted myself from the boredom of my long journey by reading mysteries.
Conjugation of 紛らす
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | 紛らすまぎらす | 紛らさないまぎらさない |
| Plain past | 紛らしたまぎらした | 紛らさなかったまぎらさなかった |
| Polite | 紛らしますまぎらします | 紛らしませんまぎらしません |
| Polite past | 紛らしましたまぎらしました | 紛らしませんでしたまぎらしませんでした |
Other forms
Te-form紛らしてまぎらして
Potential紛らせるまぎらせる
Passive紛らされるまぎらされる
Volitional紛らそうまぎらそう
Causative紛らさせるまぎらさせる
Conditional紛らせばまぎらせば
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Intransitive partner
紛らす (someone does it)·紛れる (it happens by itself)
紛らす describes someone doing something to a thing. 紛れる describes it happening by itself. Japanese keeps these apart where English often uses one verb for both.