抜ける
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
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 be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; to be foolish (usu. as 抜けた or 抜けている)
7. to exit (a program loop)
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
8. to go through; to pass through; to give way; to collapse
9. to finish a round with more than 88 points (not counting points gained from scoring combinations)
Other spellings
脱ける
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
ぬける
Examples27
歯 が1 本 抜けた。
One of my teeth came out.
森 を 抜けて 湖 に 出た。
We went through the woods and came to a lake.
この 本 は 最後 の 一枚 が 抜けている。
The last page of this book is missing.
風邪 が なかなか 抜けません。
I can't get rid of my cold.
悪い 風邪 が 抜けない。
I can't get rid of a bad cold.
ひどい 風邪 が まだ 抜けない。
I have not got rid of my bad cold yet.