抜ける

ぬける

Also written 脱ける

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive 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)
8. Ichidan verb, Transitive 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)

Kanji

• 抜 pull out. Read as ぬける.

Example sentences

• 空気が抜けるにつれて風船は徐々に降りてきた。
  The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.
• 気が抜けないうちにビールを飲んで下さい。
  Please drink the beer before it goes flat.
• 気が抜けちゃったよ。
  I'm exhausted.
• 悪い風邪が抜けない。
  I can't get rid of a bad cold.
• どうしても習慣から抜けきれないんだよなあ。
  I'm just a creature of habit, I guess.

Common phrases

• トンネルを抜ける
• 水分が抜ける
• 東へ抜ける
• 森を抜ける
• 間を抜ける
• 空気が抜ける
• 鼻に抜ける
• 東に抜ける
• 床が抜ける
• 力が抜ける (ちからがぬける) to grow weak
• 気が抜ける (きがぬける) to lose heart
• 市街地を抜ける
• 底が抜ける
• 頭ひとつ抜ける (あたまひとつぬける) to be clearly ahead of the competition
• 間が抜ける (まがぬける) to look stupid

Related forms

• 抜く (ぬく) to pull out (transitive partner)
• 抜かす (ぬかす) to omit (transitive partner)

Words containing 抜ける

• 抜け出す (ぬけだす) to slip out
• 通り抜ける (とおりぬける) to go through
• すり抜ける (すりぬける) to slip through (a crowd)

And 52 more.

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