脱げる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 脱げる, read ぬげる, and it is an ichidan intransitive verb for clothing or footwear coming off or being removable.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 脱げる is for something worn on the body to come off or for its design or condition to make it possible to take off.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Coming off with 脱げる versus deliberately removing with 脱ぐ
  • Both examples use the form 脱げ. 脱ぐ describes a person's deliberate act of taking clothing off, whereas 脱げる describes a shoe coming off or clothing being easy to remove.
• A shoe lost while running and an easy-off jacket
  • 走っているうちに片方の靴が脱げました。 — One of my shoes came off while I was running.
  • この上着は前が開くので簡単に脱げます。 — This jacket opens in the front and is easy to take off.