度肝を抜く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
度 肝 抜
ど
Grade: 3 		きも > ぎも
Grade: S 		ぬ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
度肝を拔く (kyūjitai)
度胆を抜く
ド肝を抜く

Etymology

Compound of 度肝 +‎ を +‎ 抜く, literally "to take out someone's liver".

Pronunciation

Idiom

度(ど)肝(ぎも)を抜(ぬ)く • (dogimo o nuku) godan (stem 度(ど)肝(ぎも)を抜(ぬ)き (dogimo o nuki), past 度(ど)肝(ぎも)を抜(ぬ)いた (dogimo o nuita))

  1. (idiomatic) to surprise someone greatly
    度肝(どぎも)を抜(ぬ)かれた
    dogimo o nukareta
    to be surprised

Conjugation

Conjugation of "度肝を抜く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 度肝を抜か どぎもをぬか dogimo o nuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 度肝を抜き どぎもをぬき dogimo o nuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 度肝を抜く どぎもをぬく dogimo o nuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 度肝を抜く どぎもをぬく dogimo o nuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 度肝を抜け どぎもをぬけ dogimo o nuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 度肝を抜け どぎもをぬけ dogimo o nuke
Key constructions
Passive 度肝を抜かれる どぎもをぬかれる dogimo o nukareru
Causative 度肝を抜かせる
度肝を抜かす 		どぎもをぬかせる
どぎもをぬかす 		dogimo o nukaseru
dogimo o nukasu
Potential 度肝を抜ける どぎもをぬける dogimo o nukeru
Volitional 度肝を抜こう どぎもをぬこう dogimo o nukō
Negative 度肝を抜かない どぎもをぬかない dogimo o nukanai
Negative continuative 度肝を抜かず どぎもをぬかず dogimo o nukazu
Formal 度肝を抜きます どぎもをぬきます dogimo o nukimasu
Perfective 度肝を抜いた どぎもをぬいた dogimo o nuita
Conjunctive 度肝を抜いて どぎもをぬいて dogimo o nuite
Hypothetical conditional 度肝を抜けば どぎもをぬけば dogimo o nukeba
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