免れる (Manugareru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from, to avoid (e.g. punishment)”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert; to elude; to be exempted from
Examples
彼は危うく死を免れた。
He narrowly escaped being killed.
人はみな死を免れない。
All human beings are mortal.
彼は辛うじて死を免れた。
He barely escaped death.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).