slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

7 strokesFrequency 726JLPT N2Grade 8

On

バツハツハイ

Kun

ぬ.く-ぬ.くぬ.きぬ.けるぬ.かすぬ.かる

Nanori

ぬき

Dictionary

Common Words

抜ける脱けるけるIchidan verbFreq #955
1

Intransitive verb

to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose

Examples
歯が1本抜けた
One of my teeth came out.
2

Intransitive verb

to fade; to discolour

3

Intransitive verb

to wear a hole (e.g. clothes)

4

Intransitive verb

to leave (e.g. a meeting)

5

Intransitive verb

to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky)

6

Intransitive verb; Usu. as 抜けた or 抜けている

to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; to be foolish

7

Intransitive verb; Computing

to exit (a program loop)

8

Transitive verb

to go through; to pass through; to give way; to collapse

Examples
森を抜けて湖に出た。
We went through the woods and came to a lake.
9

Transitive verb; Hanafuda

to finish a round with more than 88 points (not counting points gained from scoring combinations)

抜くGodan verbFreq #1120
1

Transitive verb

to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed

Examples
歯医者に行ってその歯を抜いてもらった方がよいですね。
You had better go to the dentist to have that tooth pulled out.
2

Transitive verb

to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip

Examples
たまに朝飯を抜いたって、別に悪いことじゃないよ。
It's no crime to skip breakfast once in a while.
3

Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to do completely; to do severely

Examples
最後まで戦い抜こう
Let's fight to the last.
4

Transitive verb

to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty

5

Transitive verb

to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract

6

Transitive verb

to pilfer; to steal

7

Transitive verb

to remove; to get rid of; to take out

8

Transitive verb

to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of

Examples
彼はついにクラスの他の者を抜いた
He finally got ahead of the rest of class.
9

Transitive verb; Also written 貫く

to pierce; to break through; to go through

10

Transitive verb

to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area

11

Transitive verb

to seize; to capture; to reduce

12

Transitive verb

to scoop (a story)

13

Transitive verb

to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)

14

Slang; Vulgar expression or word

to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating)

15

Slang

to take (a photo); to record (video)

抜け出す脱け出すけだIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #2668
1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation)

Examples
あ、みんなには内緒だよ?寮を夜中に抜け出すのは厳罰だからね?
Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
2

to break into the lead; to get ahead

3

to begin to fall out (e.g. hair)

4

Computing

to break out (of a loop)

引き抜くきぬTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3752
1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to uproot

Examples
歯科医は彼女の虫歯を引き抜いた
The dentist pulled out her bad tooth.
2

to headhunt; to lure away; to poach; to entice

Examples
彼はライバル会社に引き抜かれました
He was poached by a rival company.
見抜く見ぬくTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3771
1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

Examples
私は彼らの陰謀をすぐに見抜いた
I saw through their plot at once.
抜きFreq #4624
1

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

leaving out; omitting; skipping; dispensing with

Examples
アルコール抜きの飲物がありますか。
Do you have any soft drinks?
2

Suffix; After a number of people

(beating) in succession; in a row

Examples
彼の4人抜きの活躍でうちの高校のチームが優勝しました。
His beating four competitors in a row won our high school team the championship.
力が抜けるちからがぬけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #4709
1

to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

Examples
彼はヒザの力が抜けた
His knee gave way.
駆け抜ける駆けぬける駆抜けるけぬける駈け抜けるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5021
1

to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city)

Examples
銀行スキャンダルは国会議事堂をかけぬけました
A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
2

to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake

間抜けぬけマヌケNounFreq #5240
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

stupid; foolish; idiotic; inane

Examples
あいつはクラスでいちばんのまぬけだ。
He is the dumbest kid in the class.
2

fool; idiot; blockhead; half-wit

通り抜ける通りぬけるおりぬけIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5926
1

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

Examples
その車は門を通り抜けた
The car passed through a gate.

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