誤魔化す

Japanese
Kanji in this term
誤 魔 化
ご
Grade: 6		 ま
Grade: S		 か
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 胡魔化す

Etymology

First recorded in the Edo period.

According to one theory, formed from 護摩 (goma, “a holy fire in esoteric Buddhism”) + verbalizing suffix かす (kasu), from a common fraud perpetrated in the Edo period of dressing as a monk and selling regular ash purported to be ash from such holy fires.

Alternatively, from 胡麻菓子 (goma kashi, “sesame candy”), from a particular sesame candy in the Edo period called 胡麻胴乱 (goma dōran) and notable for being a mostly empty shell.

The kanji spellings are examples of ateji. The more common spelling is in hiragana, as ごまかす.

Pronunciation

Verb

誤魔化す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ごまかす, rōmaji gomakasu)

  1. to cheat or deceive
  2. to lie
  3. to evade a question or deflect attention; to gloss over a mistake; to fudge; to bullshit
  4. to embezzle
  5. to defraud or swindle

Conjugation
Conjugation of "誤魔化す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 誤魔化さ ごまかさ gomakasa
Continuative (連用形) 誤魔化し ごまかし gomakashi
Terminal (終止形) 誤魔化す ごまかす gomakasu
Attributive (連体形) 誤魔化す ごまかす gomakasu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 誤魔化せ ごまかせ gomakase
Imperative (命令形) 誤魔化せ ごまかせ gomakase
Key constructions
Passive 誤魔化される ごまかされる gomakasareru
Causative 誤魔化させる
誤魔化さす		 ごまかさせる
ごまかさす		 gomakasaseru
gomakasasu
Potential 誤魔化せる ごまかせる gomakaseru
Volitional 誤魔化そう ごまかそう gomakasō
Negative 誤魔化さない ごまかさない gomakasanai
Negative continuative 誤魔化さず ごまかさず gomakasazu
Formal 誤魔化します ごまかします gomakashimasu
Perfective 誤魔化した ごまかした gomakashita
Conjunctive 誤魔化して ごまかして gomakashite
Hypothetical conditional 誤魔化せば ごまかせば gomakaseba

Synonyms
Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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