Vocabulary
Form
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time)
verb
vt
freq #900
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は音楽（おんがく）を聴（き）いて気（き）を紛（まぎ）らした。
He diverted himself by listening to music.
老人（ろうじん）はトランプで退屈（たいくつ）な１日（ついたち）をまぎらした。
The old man beguiled the weary day with cards.