脱線
だっせん derailment
Why it means this
脱 (leave) + 線 (the track) — a train derailing; figuratively, a speaker going off on a tangent (話が脱線する).
Breakdown
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だっせん derailment
脱 (leave) + 線 (the track) — a train derailing; figuratively, a speaker going off on a tangent (話が脱線する).
Each character links to its full entry — origin story, stroke order, and readings.