避ける

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to avoid (physical contact with)
2. v1vt
   to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities)
3. v1
   to ward off; to avert
4. v1vt
   to put aside; to move out of the way

Example sentences

• いつかフランスに行くことは避けられない、それがいつかは分からないけれど。

  It is inevitable that I go to France someday, I just don't know when.

• 仕事を生半可に知っている人が書くことは、できれば避けたい。

  I'd rather not have those written by people who only know their work imperfectly.

• イージス衝突 — なぜ避けられなかったか。

  The Aegis collision - why couldn't it have been avoided?