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おちゃをにごす
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, す)
1. to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
2. to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
3. to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
4. to make do with
Alt. forms
お茶ちゃを濁にごす
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おちゃをにごす
Conjugations...
Composed of
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
Composed of
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about