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外れる

はずれる

to come undone, to be removed

Mnemonic

The thing is outside of where it was fastened and nobody undid it. Your shirt button, which is a hazard はず of the same kind as 恥ずかしい if you are on a stage: はずれる.

Worth knowing

外す はずす is you removing something. 外れる is it coming off, and it also does a guess missing.

Built from

outside
夕 evening + 卜 divining stick

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