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くり抜く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	くり抜ぬく	くり抜ぬかない
Polite	くり抜ぬきます	くり抜ぬきません
Past polite	くり抜ぬきました	くり抜ぬきませんでした
Past	くり抜ぬいた	くり抜ぬかなかった
Te-form	くり抜ぬいて	くり抜ぬかないで
Desire	くり抜ぬきたい	くり抜ぬきたくない
Potential	くり抜ぬける	くり抜ぬけない
Passive	くり抜ぬかれる	くり抜ぬかれない
Causative	くり抜ぬかせる	くり抜ぬかせない
Causative passive	くり抜ぬかせられるalso くり抜ぬかされる	くり抜ぬかせられないalso くり抜ぬかされない
Volitional	くり抜ぬこう
Polite volitional	くり抜ぬきましょう
Imperative	くり抜ぬけ	くり抜ぬくな
Conditional	くり抜ぬけば	くり抜ぬかなければ
Tara conditional	くり抜ぬいたら	くり抜ぬかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

hollow out; gouge out; bore; drill; carve out

Used for removing material from inside something to create a cavity or hole, such as carving a pumpkin, drilling a hole, or hollowing out wood.

かぼちゃをくり抜ぬいてランタンを作つくった。
I hollowed out a pumpkin and made a lantern.
板いたに穴あなをくり抜ぬく。
I bore a hole in the board.

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Kanji

抜slip out, extract, pull out
貫pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate
刳clear, serene, cold

Related words

掘ほる
掘る means to dig into the ground or a surface, while くり抜く focuses on hollowing out or removing the inside of an object.
削けずる
削る means to shave, scrape, or cut down a surface, whereas くり抜く involves creating a cavity or hole by removing material from inside.

Word family

くり抜ぬき
hollowing out; scooping out; gouging; drilling

Written forms

くり抜ぬくUsage51%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; most common in modern usage.
くりぬくUsage43%
くり貫ぬくUsage2%
Alternate kanji spelling using 貫; less common but still seen.
刳くり貫ぬくUsage2%
Rare kanji spelling combining 刳 and 貫; mainly in older texts.
刳くり抜ぬくUsage1%
Rare kanji spelling using 刳; mainly in older texts.
刳くり抜ぬく
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; rarely used.
刳くり貫ぬく
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of くり (from 刳る, meaning to hollow out) and 抜く (to extract, pull out). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys the idea of extracting material to create a hollow space.