Grow with Kitty

きをとられる

気を取られる

kiotorareru

rare

English

to be distracted (by)

नेपाली

ध्यान अन्तै जानु

Examples

  1. テレビに気きを取とられて、料理りょうりをこがしました。

    I was distracted by the TV and burned the food.

  2. 話はなしに気きを取とられているうちに、お茶ちゃが冷さめました。

    While I was caught up in the conversation, my tea went cold.

  3. スマホに気きを取とられた運転うんてんは、重大じゅうだいな事故じこを招まねきかねません。

    Driving while distracted by your phone can cause a serious accident.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

気 6 strokes
取 8 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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