逸れる (Soreru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to turn away, to bear off, to veer away, to swerve from”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray; to wander
Examples
話がそれた。
The story wandered.
彼の話は本題からそれた。
His story departed from his main theme.
道筋からそれてしまった。
We wandered from the course.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).