Illustration: Provisional scene for lexical review only: in a small apartment, a square seat cushion has slipped sideways on a wooden chair, leaving part of the seat exposed and one cushion edge hanging over the side. A cat sits on the displaced cushion, looking back at the uncovered patch.

ずれる

zureru

to be out of place, to be off

Example sentences

ちょっとずれてるよ。
That sounds a little off.
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その答こたえはピントがずれている。
The answer misses the point.
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コンタクトレンズがずれちゃって目めが痛いたいの。
I hurt my eye when my contact slipped out of place.
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