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

  • JLPT N3
  • 7 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 手
  • #726 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
バツハツハイ
Kun'yomi
ぬ.く-ぬ.くぬ.きぬ.けるぬ.かすぬ.かる

Example words

  • 抜け出すぬけだす(1) to slip out; to sneak away; to excel (2) to break (out of a loop)
  • 海抜かいばつheight above sea level
  • 抜かすぬかす(1) to omit; to leave out (2) to say; to speak
  • 抜くぬく(1) to extract; to omit; to surpass; to overtake; to draw out; to unplug (2) to do something to the end (3) to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)
  • 抜けるぬける(1) to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose (2) to fade; to discolour (3) to wear a hole (e.g. clothes) (4) to leave (e.g. a meeting) (5) to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky) (6) to exit (a program loop)