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惑わす

まどわす

to mislead, to delude

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Examples

  1. 人を惑わす言葉だ。

    ひとをまどわすことばだ。

    They are words that mislead people.

  2. 甘い儲け話に惑わされてはいけない。

    あまいもうけばなしにまどわされてはいけない。

    Don't be taken in by talk of easy money.

  3. 根拠のない噂が世間を惑わしている。

    こんきょのないうわさがせけんをまどわしている。

    Baseless rumours are confusing the public.

Common patterns

人を惑わす
to mislead people
目を惑わす
to deceive the eye
惑わされる
to be taken in

Memory tip

This is the transitive counterpart of 惑う 'to be at a loss': you make someone lose their bearings. It is very often passive, as in 〜に惑わされるな, and 人心を惑わす is the set phrase in formal writing.

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