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誤魔化す is an exact match with one form of the following word:
ごまかす
BOOST
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent; to cheat; to swindle; to tamper; to juggle; to manipulate  (often written with kana only)
2. to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties)  (often written with kana only)
3. to varnish over; to gloss over  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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ごまかす is the most useful form. 5 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 83,000 (about 3,070,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4689 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4563
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
トランプごまかすよくないこと
It is wrong to cheat at cards.
よわ
からそれごまかすためにすこしばかり
っている
だけです
I'm weak ... I just hide it by being a little firm.
あの
みせ
つりごまかされた
They short-changed me at that store.
誤魔化す
BOOST
Reading : ごまかす   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 100,000 (about 1,850,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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誤摩化す
BOOST
Reading : ごまかす   
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,540,000 results)
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胡魔化す
BOOST
Reading : ごまかす   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 126,000 (about 889,000 results)
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胡麻化す
BOOST
Reading : ごまかす   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 169,000 (about 445,000 results)
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誤魔かす
BOOST
Reading : ごまかす   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 240,000 (about 37,100 results)
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ゴ   error   あやま to err, to make a mistake   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ    give; Wu dynasty of China   
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shelf
table
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マ    witch   
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キ   おに ogre   
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stony rice field
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dot   
デン   た rice field   
ム   private
legs
マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
广
stony cliff
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さじ spoon   
マ    chafe   
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
コ   ゴ   ウ   foreign   あぐ    
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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