- mayakasu to cheat, to swindle, to deceive
Used in casual or literary contexts to describe deceiving or swindling someone, often with a sense of cunning or trickery.
彼は人をまやかしてお金を取った。
Kare wa hito o mayakashite okane o totta.
He swindled people out of their money.
そんな言葉でまやかされないよ。
Sonna kotoba de mayakasarenai yo.
I won't be fooled by such words.
⚖️ Often confused with 'damasu' (騙す), but 'mayakasu' implies a more elaborate or cunning deception.
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💡 Conjugate the final kana to the い-row before adding ます.
Found in a wide range of contexts. Useful for building reading and listening fluency.
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