Word details

抜ける

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

Dictionary

Entry

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)

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

undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off

11 strokesFrequency 782JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ダツ

Kun

ぬ.ぐぬ.げる

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