Entry
  1. Noun

    evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

    忙しいからその仕事ができないというのは単なる言い逃れじゃないか。
    Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.

Also written 言逃れ【いいのがれ】言い逃がれ【いいのがれ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

say, word

Kun
い.うこと
On
ゲンゴン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
83 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

とき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-6SKIP code
7a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a00Unicode hex code
1-24-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4309Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5552New Nelson (John Haig)
1941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
439Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35205Morohashi
274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392sakade
85Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118henshall3
142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
44crowley
203Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1653Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free

Kun
に.げるに.がすのが.すのが.れる
On
トウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
931 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 38

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
2q6.5The Kanji Dictionary
3230.1Four corner code
1257deroo
9003Unicode hex code
1-38-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4682Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6038New Nelson (John Haig)
3095New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3839Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2666Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
283Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
301Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
864A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1169Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38845PMorohashi
1642A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1566Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1669Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
955Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1298Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
283Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
689Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
289Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tao2Pinyin reading
doKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
38WaniKani level