脱線
だっせん
derailment; digression; deviation
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
derailment- digression; deviation
Example sentences
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The train ran off the tracks.
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The train was derailed.
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Sometimes I get out of line.
電車が脱線したんだよ。
The train was derailed.
脱線しないようにしなきゃな。
We've got to stick to the point.
More examples (7)
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The speaker wandered away from the subject.
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The digression is escalating more and more.
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After some freight cars were derailed, services were suspended on the Chuo Line.
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The train was derailed and about thirty passengers were either killed or injured.
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The train was derailed by a piece of iron on the track.
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The train was derailed, and panic ensued.
鈴木先生の授業はおもしろいんだけど、いつも話が脱線しちゃって、なかなか教科書通りに進まないんだよね。
Mr. Suzuki's classes are interesting, but his stories always get sidetracked, so we never make any good progress in our textbooks.