紛らす

まぎらす

to divert, to distract

悲しみを紛らす

かなしみをまぎらす

to divert one's mind from sorrow

紛らわす

まぎらわす

to divert, to distract

気を散らす

きをちらす

to distract a person's attention

気を腐らす

きをくさらす

to have the blues, to be depressed

気をそらす

きをそらす

to distract

気を晴らす

きをはらす

to cheer (someone) up

言い紛らす

いいまぎらす

to equivocate

気が紛れる

きがまぎれる

to be diverted (distracted) from

気を回す

きをまわす

to read too much into things, to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild, to have a groundless suspicion

気を許す

きをゆるす

to let one's guard down

冗談に紛らす

じょうだんにまぎらす

to pass (something) off as a joke

珍紛漢紛

ちんぷんかんぷん チンプンカンプン

unintelligible language, incoherent language, talking nonsense, "all Greek to me", double Dutch, (something) incomprehensible, babble, gibberish, jargon, gobbledygook

気持ちを逸らす

きもちをそらす

to distract a person's attention

気持ちをそらす

きもちをそらす

to distract one's attention

紛らせる

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time)

気を持たす

きをもたす

to encourage someone to expect something, to raise someone's hopes

気を落とす

きをおとす

to be discouraged, to be disheartened

元気を出す

げんきをだす

to cheer up (often used with command or request form addressing someone else)