ごまかす

Japanese
Alternative spellings
誤魔化す
誤摩化す
胡麻化す
誤魔かす
胡魔化す

Etymology

First recorded in the Edo period.

According to one theory, formed from 護摩 (goma, “a holy fire in esoteric Buddhism”) + verbalizing suffix かす (kasu), from a common fraud perpetrated in the Edo period of dressing as a monk and selling regular ash purported to be ash from such holy fires.

Alternatively, from 胡麻菓子 (goma kashi, “sesame candy”), from a particular sesame candy in the Edo period called 胡麻胴乱 (goma dōran) and notable for being a mostly empty shell.

The kanji spellings are examples of ateji. The more common spelling is in hiragana, as ごまかす.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ごまか​す [gòmákáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ma̠ka̠sɨᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "ごまかす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 ごまかす ごまか​す [gòmákáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) ごまかせ ごまか​せ [gòmákáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive ごまかされる ごまかされ​る [gòmákásáréꜜrù]
Causative ごまかさせる ごまかさせ​る [gòmákásáséꜜrù]
Potential ごまかせる ごまかせ​る [gòmákáséꜜrù]
Volitional ごまかそう ごまかそ​ー [gòmákásóꜜò]
Negative ごまかさない ごまかさ​ない [gòmákásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective ごまかさなかった ごまかさ​なかった [gòmákásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal ごまかします ごまかしま​す [gòmákáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective ごまかした ごまか​した [gòmákáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive ごまかして ごまか​して [gòmákáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional ごまかせば ごまか​せば [gòmákáꜜsèbà]

Verb

ごまかす • (gomakasu) transitive godan (stem ごまかし (gomakashi), past ごまかした (gomakashita))

  1. to cheat or deceive
  2. to lie
  3. to evade a question or deflect attention; to gloss over a mistake; to fudge; to bullshit
  4. to embezzle
  5. to defraud or swindle

Conjugation
Conjugation of "ごまかす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ごまかさ gomakasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ごまかし gomakashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ごまかす gomakasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") ごまかす gomakasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ごまかせ gomakase
Meireikei ("imperative") ごまかせ gomakase
Key constructions
Passive ごまかされる gomakasareru
Causative ごまかさせる
ごまかさす		 gomakasaseru
gomakasasu
Potential ごまかせる gomakaseru
Volitional ごまかそう gomakasō
Negative ごまかさない gomakasanai
Negative continuative ごまかさず gomakasazu
Formal ごまかします gomakashimasu
Perfective ごまかした gomakashita
Conjunctive ごまかして gomakashite
Hypothetical conditional ごまかせば gomakaseba

Synonyms
Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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