Word Meaning 垢抜け

あかぬけ akanuke

垢抜け is read as あかぬけ (akanuke) and means refinement.

Meaning

English

  1. refinement
  2. style
  3. sophistication

Reading

Kana

あかぬけ

Romaji

akanuke

Writing Variants

  • あか抜け あかぬけ akanuke

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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垢抜ける

あかぬける

to be refined

あか

account (e.g. for an online service)

間抜け

まぬけ

fool

底抜け

そこぬけ

bottomless (bucket, etc.)

拍子抜け

ひょうしぬけ

anticlimax

筒抜け

つつぬけ

going in one ear and out the other

天井抜け

てんじょうぬけ

skyrocketing (prices)

中抜け

なかぬけ

camera focusing error (on a space between two objects)

出し抜け

だしぬけ

all of a sudden

力抜け

ちからぬけ

discouragement

通り抜け

とおりぬけ

passing through

Example Sentences

3

Tom is sophisticated.

Do you think Tom is sophisticated?

Mary is sophisticated, isn't she?