回避

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 回避 is read かいひ and means avoiding an unwanted event or a difficult situation.
• Basic usage: It is used for actions intended to avoid an accident or for avoiding confrontation.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Purpose and result
  • 事故を回避するため states the purpose of avoiding an accident.
  • 対立を回避できた states the result that a confrontation was successfully avoided.
• Tone
  • 避ける is an everyday way to express avoidance, while 回避する suits relatively formal explanations.