外はずれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

come off; be disconnected; be out of place

Physical detachment or misalignment: something comes off, slips out, or is not fitted correctly.

• ボタンが外はずれそうだ。

  The button looks like it's about to come off.

• 戸とが枠わくから外はずれてしまった。

  The door has come off its frame.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

miss the mark; be wrong; draw a blank

Used when a guess, expectation, prediction, or lottery result is off or incorrect.

• 天てん気き予よ報ほうが外はずれて雨あめになった。

  The weather forecast was wrong and it rained.

• 宝たからくじは全ぜん部ぶ外はずれた。

  I didn't win anything in the lottery.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be removed; be excluded

Something is taken out of a group, list, or category; often used in passive-like intransitive expressions.

• 彼かれはメンバーから外はずれた。

  He was removed from the members.

• その案あんは検けん討とう対たい象しょうから外はずれた。

  That proposal was excluded from consideration.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

go against; be contrary to

Describes behavior or a situation that deviates from rules, expectations, or norms.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうは規き則そくに外はずれている。

  His actions go against the rules.

• 常じょう識しきから外はずれた考かんがえ方かた。

  A way of thinking that is contrary to common sense.