Word Meaning ら抜き言葉

らぬきことば ranukikotoba

ら抜き言葉 is read as らぬきことば (ranukikotoba) and means dropping the "ra" in the potential form of verbs formed with "-rareru".

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

らぬきことば

Romaji

ranukikotoba

Writing Variants

ら抜きことば らぬきことば ranukikotoba

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 114908 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言葉

けとば

language

話し言葉

はなしことば

spoken language

書き言葉

かきことば

written word

合言葉

あいことば

motto

花言葉

はなことば

language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love)

大和言の葉

やまとことのは

waka

お国言葉

おくにことば

local dialect

山の手言葉

やまのてことば

the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo

さ入れ言葉

さいれことば

sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')

流行言葉

はやりことば

buzzword

通り言葉

とおりことば

common word

土地言葉

とちことば

vernacular