JLPT N3 · Verb

抜く (nuku)

抜く (ぬく, nuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pull out; to draw out”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぬく
Romaji: nuku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed · godan verb, transitive
to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip · godan verb, transitive
to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to do completely; to do severely · suffix, godan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb
to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty · godan verb, transitive
to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

歯医者に行ってその歯を抜いてもらった方がよいですね。

You had better go to the dentist to have that tooth pulled out.

Tatoeba #150946

たまに朝飯を抜いたって、別に悪いことじゃないよ。

It's no crime to skip breakfast once in a while.

Tatoeba #203278

最後まで戦い抜こう。

Let's fight to the last.

Tatoeba #170547

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 抜く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	抜く	ぬく nuku
Polite (~masu)	抜きます	ぬきます nukimasu
Negative	抜かない	ぬかない nukanai
Polite negative	抜きません	ぬきません nukimasen
Past	抜いた	ぬいた nuita
Polite past	抜きました	ぬきました nukimashita
Negative past	抜かなかった	ぬかなかった nukanakatta
Te-form	抜いて	ぬいて nuite
Potential	抜ける	ぬける nukeru
Passive	抜かれる	ぬかれる nukareru
Causative	抜かせる	ぬかせる nukaseru
Volitional	抜こう	ぬこう nukou
Imperative	抜け	ぬけ nuke
Conditional (~ba)	抜けば	ぬけば nukeba

Kanji in 抜く

抜

slip out, extract, pull outバツ・ハツ・ぬ.く・-ぬ.く · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 抜く.

抜けるぬけるto come out海抜かいばつheight above sea level抜かすぬかすto omit抜け出すぬけだすto slip out

Source: JMdict entry 1478190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.