抜く

• 読み: ぬく
• ローマ字: nuku
• 漢字の分解: 抜 (nuku/batsu) — pull out, extract, remove
• 発音: /nɯ.kɯ/

意味

To pull out; to extract; to remove. Also means to omit or skip over something.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the く row. Has multiple meanings depending on context: physically pulling something out (歯を抜く, pull a tooth), surpassing someone (追い抜く, to overtake), and omitting or skipping (手を抜く, to cut corners). Very productive in compound verbs like 見抜く (to see through) and 切り抜く (to cut out).

例文

1. 歯医者で親知らずを一本抜いた。
2. マラソンで三人を抜いて二位になった。
3. 忙しいときは朝食を抜くことがある。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, sports, work

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 抜 combines 手 (hand radical) and 犮 (to pull), representing the action of pulling something out with the hand.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal