Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to avoid (physical contact with)
そのスピードを出した車は道路に飛び出した子供を、間一髪で、避けることができた。The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth. to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities)
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
to ward off; to avert
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to put aside; to move out of the way
Also written 除ける【よける】