JLPT N3 · Verb

抜ける (nukeru)

抜ける (ぬける, nukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to come out; to fall out”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぬける
Romaji: nukeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape · ichidan verb, intransitive
to fade; to discolour · ichidan verb, intransitive
to wear a hole (e.g. clothes) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to leave (e.g. a meeting) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

歯が１本抜けた。

One of my teeth came out.

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

Conjugation of 抜ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	抜ける	ぬける nukeru
Polite (~masu)	抜けます	ぬけます nukemasu
Negative	抜けない	ぬけない nukenai
Polite negative	抜けません	ぬけません nukemasen
Past	抜けた	ぬけた nuketa
Polite past	抜けました	ぬけました nukemashita
Negative past	抜けなかった	ぬけなかった nukenakatta
Te-form	抜けて	ぬけて nukete
Potential	抜けられる	ぬけられる nukerareru
Passive	抜けられる	ぬけられる nukerareru
Causative	抜けさせる	ぬけさせる nukesaseru
Volitional	抜けよう	ぬけよう nukeyou
Imperative	抜けろ	ぬけろ nukero
Conditional (~ba)	抜ければ	ぬければ nukereba

Kanji in 抜ける

抜

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 抜ける.

抜くぬくto pull 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 1478200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.