Word Meaning ら抜き

らぬき ranuki

ら抜き is read as らぬき (ranuki) and means 'ra'-removed.

Meaning

English

'ra'-removed
the practice of dropping the 'ra' in potential forms like 'taberareru'

Reading

Kana

らぬき

Romaji

ranuki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 138209 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

ら抜き言葉

らぬきことば

dropping the "ra" in the potential form of verbs formed with "-rareru"

抜き

ぬき

(beating) in succession

生え抜き

はえぬき

(belonging) from the start (to a group, organization, etc.)

手抜き

てぬき

intentional negligence

目抜き

めぬき

principal

切り抜き

きりぬき

cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

引き抜き

ひきぬき

drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)

息抜き

いきぬき

taking a breather

四七抜き

よなぬき

pentatonic scale

中抜き

なかぬき

skinning the cat (gymnastics)

空気抜き

くうきぬき

ventilator

全段抜き

ぜんだんぬき

banner (headlines)

Example Sentences

ら抜き言葉って知っている？けっこう間違った言葉を使う生徒が多いみたい。

You know about 'ra-skipped words'? It looks like quite a lot of students are using mistaken words.