ずれるzureru

JLPT N2approx.Common
ズレるzureru
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate; to shift (position); to be out of sync; to be slightly off; to be off-point
    ピントがズレている。↗
    That's a little out of focus.
Conjugation
Dictionary formずれる
Polite (masu)ずれます
Negative (nai)ずれない
polite (masen)ずれません
classical zu / nuずれず・ずれぬ
Past (ta)ずれた
polite (mashita)ずれました
Past negative (nakatta)ずれなかった
polite (masen deshita)ずれませんでした
Te formずれて
Potentialずれられる
Passiveずれられる
Causativeずれさせる
Causative passiveずれさせられる
Conditional (ba)ずれれば
taraずれたら
Volitionalずれよう
polite (mashou)ずれましょう
Imperativeずれろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitiveずれる⇄transitiveずらす
机つくえがずれる
ずれる describes something shifting or slipping out of place on its own (机がずれる), while ずらす means to deliberately move or shift something (机をずらす).

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Japanese definitions
  1. すれた状態じょうたいで動うごく。ずれうごく。
  2. あるべき場所ばしょから自然しぜんに動うごいてしまう。
  3. (やや口語こうご的てき)正ただしい位置いちから離はなれた位置いちにある。規則的きそくてきな位置いち、周期的しゅうきてきな位置いちから離はなれた位置いちにある。
  4. (やや口語こうご的てき)食い違くいちがう。的まとを外はずしている。
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