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ぬく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed
2. to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, く)
3. to do to the end; to carry through
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
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 dying 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)
Verb (5-dan, く)
Slang
Vulgar
14. to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating)
15. to take (a photo); to record (video)
Alt. forms
抜ぬく
90%
ぬく
9%
Pitch accent
ぬ
く
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Conjugations...Used in: 1250
Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
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Examples (16 in total)
He stuck to his promise.
He often skipped meals.
Why do you skip lunch every day?
If you're going to pull weeds, pull them out by the roots.
Tom usually skips breakfast.
The dentist took out my cavity.
Who unplugged the TV?
Tom unplugged the iron.
Tom had his wisdom teeth removed.
It's his job to pull the weeds in the garden.
Could you please pull the weeds and water the flowers?
We passed through a town at night.
You have to go through many hardships.
Tom tried to get the splinter out of Mary's finger.
I have started skipping lunch with a view to losing weight.
It's no crime to skip breakfast once in a while.