Word Meaning 度肝を抜く

どぎもをぬく dogimo o nuku

度肝を抜く is read as どぎもをぬく (dogimo o nuku) and means to astonish.

Meaning

English

to astonish
to astound
to stupefy
to flabbergast
to strike a person dumb
to dumbfound
to take (someone) aback
to boggle the mind (of someone)

Reading

Kana

どぎもをぬく

Romaji

dogimo o nuku

Writing Variants

ド肝を抜く どぎもをぬく dogimo o nuku
度胆を抜く どぎもをぬく dogimo o nuku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb ✓ Rank 84139 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

度肝

どぎも

guts

度外視

どがいし

disregarding

度盛り

どもり

gradation

撃ち抜く

うちぬく

to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.)

攻め抜く

せめぬく

to attack persistently

振り抜く

ふりぬく

to swing completely (bat, racket, etc.)

踏み抜く

ふみぬく

to put one's foot through (the floor)

染め抜く

そめぬく

to dye fast

射抜く

いぬく

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.)

伝家の宝刀を抜く

でんかのほうとうをぬく

to employ one's secret weapon

度合い

どあい

degree

度々

たびたび

often