Word details

それる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word それる.

Dictionary

Entry

逸れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #9847
1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)

2

to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray; to wander

Examples
本題からそれないようにしましょう。
Let's not deviate from the subject.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge

10 strokesFrequency 1,524JLPT N1Grade 8

On

イツ

Kun

そ.れるそ.らすはぐ.れる

Nanori

いっはやへん

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