Moto 抜: Slip Out; Extract; Pull OutKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- 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)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 427 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (バツ・ハツ・ハイ)
- 選抜せんばつselection; choice
- 抜群ばつぐんoutstanding; excellent
- 奇抜きばつnovel; original
- 卓抜たくばつexcellence; superiority
- 抜擢ばってきselection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
- 抜粋ばっすいextract; excerpt
- 海抜かいばつheight above sea level
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 抜きぬきleaving out; omitting
- 骨抜きほねぬきboning (fish or meat); deboning
- 手抜きてぬきomitting crucial steps; cutting corners
- 抜け出すぬけだすto slip out; to sneak away
- 生え抜きはえぬきnative-born; trueborn
- 目抜きめぬきprincipal; main
- 切り抜ききりぬきclipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting
- 底抜けそこぬけbottomless (bucket, etc.)
- 引き抜きひきぬきhiring from another company; recruitment
- 引き抜くひきぬくto extract; to pull out
- 息抜きいきぬきtaking a breather; relaxation
- 抜かすぬかすto omit; to leave out
- 抜かるぬかるto make a mistake
- 抜き出すぬきだすto pick out; to single out
- 抜き去るぬきさるto pass; to overtake
- 抜き取るぬきとるto pull out; to draw out
- 抜き打ちぬきうちdrawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke
- 抜くぬくto pull out; to draw out
- 抜けるぬけるto come out; to fall out
- 抜け出るぬけでるto slip out; to steal out
- 抜け毛ぬけげfallen hair; combings
- 抜け目ぬけめimprudence; oversight
- 抜け穴ぬけあなsecret passage; underground passage
- 抜け落ちるぬけおちるto come out (e.g. hair); to fall out
- 抜け道ぬけみちbyway; bypath
- 拍子抜けひょうしぬけanticlimax; let-down
- 栓抜きせんぬきbottle opener; corkscrew
- 突き抜けるつきぬけるto pierce through; to break through
- 筒抜けつつぬけbeing overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets)
- 見抜くみぬくto see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.)
- 追い抜くおいぬくto pass (a car); to overtake
- 通り抜けるとおりぬけるto go through; to pass through
- 間抜けまぬけstupid; foolish
- 飛び抜けるとびぬけるto be preeminent; to be outstanding
- 駆け抜けるかけぬけるto run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
- あか抜けあかぬけrefinement; style
- あか抜けるあかぬけるto be refined; to be polished
- あく抜きあくぬきremoval of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
- あく抜けあくぬけ(state of) having got rid of something (e.g. bad taste)
- うち抜くうちぬくto punch; to hit and hit
- うつつを抜かすうつつをぬかすto be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on)
- うり抜くうりぬくto sell off at peak price (usu. shares)
- うり抜けうりぬけselling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
- うり抜けるうりぬけるto sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit
- うろ抜くうろぬくto thin out (e.g. seedlings)
- えり抜くえりぬくto select; to choose
- くぎ抜きくぎぬきpincers; nail puller
- くぐり抜けるくぐりぬけるto go through; to pass through
- くり抜くくりぬくto gouge out; to excavate
- こだわり抜くこだわりぬくto refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end
Other readings
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