Word details

ずば抜ける

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ずば抜ける.

Dictionary

Entry

ずば抜けるズバ抜けるばぬけIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #24782
1

to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above; to tower above the rest

Examples
あなたはみんなの中でずば抜けて上手に泳ぐ。
You are by far the best swimmer of us all.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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

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