くぐり抜ける

• 読み: くぐりぬける
• ローマ字: kugurinukeru
• 漢字の分解: 抜 (batsu/nu) — to pull out, pass through
• 発音: /kɯ.ɡɯ.ɾi.nɯ.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To get through; to pass through a tight spot; to survive; to slip through. Implies emerging on the other side of something constricting.

A Group 2 (ichidan) compound verb combining くぐる (to go under or through) and 抜ける (to pass through, emerge). Used both literally — squeezing through a narrow gap or crawling under a fence — and figuratively for overcoming hardship, danger, or bureaucratic obstacles. The nuance of just barely making it through is often present.

例文

1. 彼女はいくつもの困難をくぐり抜けて今の地位に就いた。
2. 激しい競争をくぐり抜けた選手だけが決勝に進める。
3. 狭い路地をくぐり抜けると、広場に出た。

使い方ガイド

場面: hardship, survival, competition, navigation

トーン: determined

起源と歴史

Compound of くぐる (to go under) and 抜ける (to pass through and emerge). The combination emphasises not just passage but emergence from something that constricted or enclosed.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal