To Turn Away
To Avert
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means deviate, so the verb version is to turn away or to avert.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You haven't learned this reading yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You want to turn away from this movie because it's not worth watching. I mean, it isn't bad, but it isn't good. It's just so-so (そ). But that's not enough to keep your interest.
彼女は颯と目を逸らした。
She quickly averted her eyes.
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