> 照れ臭くなるとすぐごまかす... これじゃわかんなぃよ

She doesn't understand the person because when the person feels awkward she
...plays it off/trying to hide it?
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meaning manga
Whats the accurate meaning of this ごまかすin this sentence?
In this case, she pretends that she has no idea. So the speaker says "Don't
cheat, or You cheat me!(ごまかしてる)"
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ごまかす has a few meanings whether with a malicious or innocent intent. But it
essentially means an act to hide the truth. The one in the question is no
exception.

Take the following examples.

数字をごまかす would mean to cheat the number like providing a false profit report
when the company is losing money

話をごまかす would mean to intentionally not answer a question satisfactorily, to
evade the question, or to answer it vaguely, all to let the true answer
hidden. Changing the subject is considered the same. **It's an act of trying
to not talk about the subject**.

Below exchange illustrates how one might ごまかす in a casual conversation where A
hints to like a girl, B pursues the topic, and A keeps evading. Notice the use
of 2 やさしい. 優しい（kind) gets switched to 易しい（easy) with an intention to go off
topic.

  * A: 彼女｛かのじょ｝って優｛やさ｝しいよね
  * B: ひょっとして彼女の事｛こと｝好｛す｝き？
  * A: やさしいといえば昨日｛きのう｝のテスト易｛やさ｝しかったね
  * B: 話｛はなし｝をごまかさないで答えろ
  * A: 答｛こた｝えは簡単｛かんたん｝。みんな９０%以上｛いじょう｝
  * B: 彼女の話！
  * A: 確率｛かくりつ｝５０%位｛くらい｝
  * B: 自信｛じしん｝がないって事｛こと｝？
  * A: 話をごまかすのが上手{じょうず｝でも、テストはごまかせないから。
  * B: それは単｛たん｝に君｛きみ｝が５０%って事じゃないか

The sentence in the question follows a similar logic as to why わかんない or hard
to understand the other person. Notice how A evades the questions by using
related words but going off topic. But he isn't saying No either, just not
answering purposefully. That's one way to 話をごまかす.

Below the translation of the above example.

  * A: she is nice
  * B: do you like her?
  * A: speaking of which. Wasn't the test yesterday easy?
  * B: Answer the question please.
  * A: The answer is easy. All should get 90% or more.
  * B: I'm talking about her
  * A: 50% chance
  * B: Meaning you aren't very confident (that she'd go out with you)?
  * A: Being good at fooling people doesn't necessarily mean it's possible to cheat a test
  * B: That only means you get 50%
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