JLPT N3 · Verb

除く (nozoku)

除く (のぞく, nozoku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to remove; to get rid of”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: のぞく
Romaji: nozoku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to remove; to get rid of; to take away; to eliminate · godan verb, transitive
to exclude; to except; to leave out; to omit · godan verb, transitive
to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

医者は彼の苦痛を除いてやった。

The doctor released him from his pain.

Tatoeba #190768

発音の点を除けば、みんな上手なフランス語を話す。

Except for pronunciation, everyone can speak good French.

Tatoeba #121323

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

Conjugation of 除く

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	除く	のぞく nozoku
Polite (~masu)	除きます	のぞきます nozokimasu
Negative	除かない	のぞかない nozokanai
Polite negative	除きません	のぞきません nozokimasen
Past	除いた	のぞいた nozoita
Polite past	除きました	のぞきました nozokimashita
Negative past	除かなかった	のぞかなかった nozokanakatta
Te-form	除いて	のぞいて nozoite
Potential	除ける	のぞける nozokeru
Passive	除かれる	のぞかれる nozokareru
Causative	除かせる	のぞかせる nozokaseru
Volitional	除こう	のぞこう nozokou
Imperative	除け	のぞけ nozoke
Conditional (~ba)	除けば	のぞけば nozokeba

Kanji in 除く

除

exclude, division (x/3), removeジョ・ジ・のぞ.く・-よ.け · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 除く.

掃除そうじcleaning削除さくじょdeletion控除こうじょsubtraction排除はいじょexclusion解除かいじょtermination (of a contract)除外じょがいexception免除めんじょexemption取り除くとりのぞくto remove

Source: JMdict entry 1345640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.