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Road Threw 遁 トン のが.れる Flee Escape Shirk

Kanji
Onyomi トン
Kunyomi のが.れる
English flee, escape, shirk, evade, set free
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S+
Components 盾: shield; escutcheon; pretext
辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword elude (RTK3)
Koohii Story 1 "It really eludes me why we have two kanji with the same keyword... this one and deviate/elude (#1973). But lets intertwine their stories: The rabbit, who eluded capture (deviate/elude (#1973)) on the road, was finally caught when someone threw a shield over it."
Koohii Story 2 "The Spartan had to block the road to stop the advancing enemy army, but he tried to shirk his duty and threw away his shield. That's suicide."

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades+, jinmeiyou

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