抜く
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed
2. to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip
Suffix
Godan verb
3. to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to do completely; to do severely (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Godan verb
Transitive verb
4. to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty
5. to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract
6. to pilfer; to steal
7. to remove; to get rid of; to take out
8. to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of
9. to pierce; to break through; to go through (also written 貫く)
10. to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dyeing the surrounding area
11. to seize; to capture; to reduce
12. to scoop (a story)
13. to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ぬく
Examples35
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.
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.
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.
最後まで 戦い 抜こう。
Let's fight to the last.
彼 は よく 食事 を 抜いていた。
He often skipped meals.
神経 を 抜いて もらいました。
I had the nerve removed from my tooth.