[うさをはらしに, usawoharashini] (adv) (uk) for amusement; by way of diversion (distraction from grief) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Distraction \Dis*trac"tion\, n. [L. distractio: cf. F.
distraction.]
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
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To create distractions among us. --Bp. Burnet.
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2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic
distractions." --G. Eliot.
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3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.]
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His power went out in such distractions as
Beguiled all species. --Shak.
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4. State in which the attention is called in different ways;
confusion; perplexity.
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That ye may attend upon the Lord without
distraction. --1 Cor. vii.
35.
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5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political
distractions.
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Never was known a night of such distraction.
--Dryden.
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6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind;
despair.
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The distraction of the children, who saw both their
parents together, would have melted the hardest
heart. --Tatler.
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7. Derangement of the mind; madness. --Atterbury.
Syn: Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder;
dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving;
franticness; furiousness.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distraction
n 1: mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
2: an obstacle to attention
3: an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts
you from worries and vexations [syn: {beguilement},
{distraction}]
4: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from
something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection" [syn:
{distraction}, {misdirection}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
distraction /distʀaksjɔ̃/
amusement; fun; distraction; diversion; absence of mind; abstraction; distraction; diversion
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