Word Meaning くり抜く

くりぬく kurinuku

くり抜く is read as くりぬく (kurinuku) and means to gouge out.

Meaning

English

  1. to gouge out
  2. to excavate
  3. to hollow
  4. to bore
  5. to drill
  6. to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

Reading

Kana

くりぬく

Romaji

kurinuku

Writing Variants

  • くり貫く くりぬく kurinuku
  • 刳り貫く くりぬく kurinuku
  • 刳り抜く くりぬく kurinuku
  • 刳貫く くりぬく kurinuku
  • 刳抜く くりぬく kurinuku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 139488 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

引き抜く

ひきぬく

to extract

追い抜く

おいぬく

to pass (a car)

抜く

ぬく

to scoop (a story)

見抜く

みぬく

to see through

一発抜く

いっぱつぬく

to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)

一頭地を抜く

いっとうちをぬく

to cut a conspicuous figure

出し抜く

だしぬく

to outwit

生き抜く

いきぬく

to live through

力を抜く

ちからをぬく

to relax

手を抜く

てをぬく

to cut corners

選び抜く

えらびぬく

to single out