抜ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
抜
ぬ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
拔ける (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "抜ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		抜ける ぬける
Imperative (命令形) 抜けろ ぬけろ
Key constructions
Passive 抜けられる ぬけられる
Causative 抜けさせる ぬけさせる
Potential 抜けられる ぬけられる
Volitional 抜けよう ぬけよー
Negative 抜けない ぬけない
Negative perfective 抜けなかった ぬけなかった
Formal 抜けます ぬけます
Perfective 抜けた ぬけた
Conjunctive 抜けて ぬけて
Hypothetical conditional 抜ければ ぬければ

Verb

抜(ぬ)ける • (nukeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 抜(ぬ)け (nuke), past 抜(ぬ)けた (nuketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 抜く
mediopassive 抜ける
Japanese verb pair
active 抜かす
mediopassive 抜ける
  1. to be extracted; to come out
    羽(はね)が抜(ぬ)ける
    hane ga nukeru
    a feather falls out
    底(そこ)が抜(ぬ)ける
    soko ga nukeru
    the bottom falls out
    肩(かた)の力(ちから)が抜(ぬ)ける
    kata no chikara ga nukeru
    to relax
    (literally, “the power leaves one's shoulders”)
    腰(こし)が抜(ぬ)ける
    koshi ga nukeru
    to be unable to stand up
    鼻腔(びこう)に抜(ぬ)ける醤油(しょうゆ)の香(かお)り
    bikō ni nukeru shōyu no kaori
    the smell of soy sauce wafting through one's nose
    コーラの炭酸(たんさん)が抜(ぬ)ける
    kōra no tansan ga nukeru
    a cola goes flat
    (literally, “a cola's carbon leaves”)
  2. (used in the forms 抜けるような, 抜けるように) to be transparent

Conjugation

Conjugation of "抜ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 抜け ぬけ nuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 抜け ぬけ nuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 抜ける ぬける nukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 抜ける ぬける nukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 抜けれ ぬけれ nukere
Meireikei ("imperative") 抜けよ¹
抜けろ² 		ぬけよ¹
ぬけろ² 		nukeyo¹
nukero²
Key constructions
Passive 抜けられる ぬけられる nukerareru
Causative 抜けさせる
抜けさす 		ぬけさせる
ぬけさす 		nukesaseru
nukesasu
Potential 抜けられる
抜けれる³ 		ぬけられる
ぬけれる³ 		nukerareru
nukereru³
Volitional 抜けよう ぬけよう nukeyō
Negative 抜けない
抜けぬ
抜けん 		ぬけない
ぬけぬ
ぬけん 		nukenai
nukenu
nuken
Negative continuative 抜けず ぬけず nukezu
Formal 抜けます ぬけます nukemasu
Perfective 抜けた ぬけた nuketa
Conjunctive 抜けて ぬけて nukete
Hypothetical conditional 抜ければ ぬければ nukereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

Verb

抜(ぬ)ける • (nukeru) 

  1. potential form of 抜く (nuku)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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