“To beguile” in Japanese
Short answer
To beguile in Japanese is “紛らす” (magirasu). Full meaning: to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject).
Other ways to say “To beguile” in Japanese
紛らせる
magiraseru to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
紛らわす
magirawasu to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
まぎらす
magirasu to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
紛わす
magirawasu to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
まぎらせる
magiraseru to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
まぎらわす
magirawasu to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
紛らせ
magirase to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
紛らし
magirashi to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
紛わさ
magirawasa to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
紛らそ
magiraso to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
紛わせ
magirawase to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
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