抜ぬく
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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
He finally got ahead of the rest of class.
You had better go to the dentist to have that tooth pulled out.
It's no crime to skip breakfast once in a while.
Let's fight to the last.
He often skipped meals.
I had the nerve removed from my tooth.