Word Meaning 筒抜け

つつぬけ tsutsunuke

筒抜け is read as つつぬけ (tsutsunuke) and means going in one ear and out the other.

Meaning

English

going in one ear and out the other
being overheard
being leaked (e.g. secrets)

Reading

Kana

つつぬけ

Romaji

tsutsunuke

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 24688 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

筒

つつ

gun barrel

底抜け

そこぬけ

bottomless (bucket, etc.)

筒井

つつい

round well

間抜け

まぬけ

fool

拍子抜け

ひょうしぬけ

anticlimax

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

言い抜け

いいぬけ

evasion

通り抜け

とおりぬけ

passing through

気抜け

きぬけ

going flat (of a carbonated drink, beer, etc.)

Example Sentences

筒抜けよ。

I can hear you, you know.