ごまかす【 誤魔化す 】 gomakasu
1. to deceive; to cheat; to swindle
2. to falsify; to misrepresent; to lie about; to tamper with; to fiddle; to doctor; to cook
3. to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge; to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to smooth over; to get one's way out of (a difficult situation); to explain away
4. to embezzle; to pocket
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1. To deceive; To gloss over
1. Did not evade.; Did not gloss over.
1. Have to gloss over; Have to cover up
1. Don't have to gloss over.; Don't have to evade.
1. Must avoid deceiving.; Must cover up.
1. Want to gloss over; Want to evade
1. Don't want to gloss over.; Don't want to fob off.
1. Just misled; Just deceived
1. To gloss over; To cover up
1. Don't gloss over it.; Don't brush it off.
1. Must not deceive.; Must not gloss over.
1. You may get away with it.; You can bluff.
1. Putting off; Fudging
1. About to cover up; About to gloss over
1. Looks like a cover-up; Seems like evasion
1. Don't deceive me.; Don't gloss over it.
1. Avoiding; Evasively handling
1. Don't deceive.; Don't evade.
1. Let's gloss over it.; Let's fudge it.
1. To be misled; To be deceived
1. To deceive someone; To gloss over (something)
1. Prone to evasion; Tending to gloss over
1. Looks like a sham.; Seems deceptive.
1. They say they covered it up.; They say they glossed over it.
1. Probably deceived.; Probably misled.
1. If/when deceiving; If/when evading
1. Seemed to have glossed over; Seemed to have covered up
1. Left unresolved; Left unattended to
1. To see through to the end; To persist despite difficulties
1. If/when you deceive/evade/gloss over.; If/when you fob off.
1. If deceiving; If hiding (something)
1. Seems to be deceiving.; Appears to be glossing over.
1. If/when one deceives; If/when one glosses over
1. Please excuse me.; Please bear with me.
1. May I get away with it?; May I gloss over it?