逸れる
それる
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)- to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray; to wander
- to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from
Auxiliary verb, Ichidan verb
to miss (one's chance to ...)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 逸れるそれる | 逸れますそれます |
| Negative | 逸れないそれない | 逸れませんそれません |
| Past | 逸れたそれた | 逸れましたそれました |
| Past negative | 逸れなかったそれなかった | 逸れませんでしたそれませんでした |
| Te-form | 逸れてそれて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 逸れられるそれられる |
| Passive | 逸れられるそれられる |
| Causative | 逸れさせるそれさせる |
| Volitional | 逸れようそれよう |
| Imperative | 逸れろそれろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 逸れればそれれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 逸れたらそれたら |
Example sentences
話がそれた。
The story wandered.
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His story departed from his main theme.
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We wandered from the course.
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The flood diverted the course of the river.
彼はグループからはぐれた。
He strayed from his group.
More examples (9)
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I lost sight of him on the way.
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Let's not deviate from the subject.
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We've got to stick to the point.
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And thus his attention was distracted from the sight.
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The little girl will go astray if no one cares much about her.
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Small children tend to wander off if you don't watch them all the time.
自爆テロ犯はベナジル・ブット元首相に向けて発砲したが、弾はそれた。
The suicide bomber fired towards former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but missed.
猫をさけるためバスは道をそれてドライバーは「危ういところだったな」といった。
When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, "That was a close one!"
ねえ蓮、お姉さんが手をつないであげようか？キミは毎年すぐにはぐれちゃうもんね。
By the way, Ren. Should I take your hand? Every year you wander off.