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)
Pitch accent
Top 9600
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
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to live through; to survive
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to select; to choose
to lose interest; to slacken off
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end
to select; to choose
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to single out
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
to fight to the bitter end
to blow through; to blow over; to blow itself out
to uncork a bottle
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to dye fast; to leave undyed
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
to sell off at peak price (usu. shares)
to live through; to survive
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
to attack persistently
to thin out (e.g. seedlings)
to draw a sword
to draw a sword
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to think thoroughly
to outrun; to run through to the end
to pull teeth out; to extract a tooth
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)
to uncask; to open a barrel
to pull out nostril hairs; to outwit; to fool
to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best
to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve
deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
to dance away
to sell off at peak price (usu. shares)
to stick it out; to see it to the end
to uproot; to pull out
to go through all sorts of hardships
to startle someone; to make someone jump out of their skin; to take someone by surprise; (lit.) to pull someone's butt hair
to startle someone; to make someone jump out of their skin; to take someone by surprise; (lit.) to pull someone's butt hair
to startle someone; to make someone jump out of their skin; to take someone by surprise; (lit.) to pull someone's butt hair
Examples (16 in total)
He stuck to his promise.
He often skipped meals.
Why do you skip lunch every day?