Soreru

JLPT N2

Usually written in kana.

逸れる (Soreru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to turn away, to bear off, to veer away, to swerve from”.

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray; to wander

Examples

  • The story wandered.

  • His story departed from his main theme.

  • We wandered from the course.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 逸れる

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