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

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 116264 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言葉

ことば

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)

大和言葉

やまとことば

word of Japanese origin

国言葉

くにことば

national language

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')

山言葉

やまことば

euphemisms used by hunters, lumberjacks, etc. when in the wild

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.