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抜かる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	抜ぬかる	抜ぬからない
Polite	抜ぬかります	抜ぬかりません
Past polite	抜ぬかりました	抜ぬかりませんでした
Past	抜ぬかった	抜ぬからなかった
Te-form	抜ぬかって	抜ぬからないで
Desire	抜ぬかりたい	抜ぬかりたくない
Potential	抜ぬかれる	抜ぬかれない
Passive	抜ぬかられる	抜ぬかられない
Causative	抜ぬからせる	抜ぬからせない
Causative passive	抜ぬからせられるalso 抜ぬからされる	抜ぬからせられないalso 抜ぬからされない
Volitional	抜ぬかろう
Polite volitional	抜ぬかりましょう
Imperative	抜ぬかれ	抜ぬかるな
Conditional	抜ぬかれば	抜ぬからなければ
Tara conditional	抜ぬかったら	抜ぬからなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

make a mistake; slip up; be careless

Intransitive verb meaning to make a careless mistake or leave an opening through inattention. It is less everyday than 間違える or ミスする and is common in cautionary expressions such as 抜かるな, 'don't slip up.'

ここで抜ぬかるわけにはいかない。
We cannot afford to slip up here.
最さい後ごまで気きを抜ぬくな。抜ぬかるなよ。
Don't let your guard down until the end. Don't slip up.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に抜ぬかるなdon't slip up on ~ / don't let your guard down about ~
最さい後ごの確かく認にんに抜ぬかるなよ。
Don't slip up on the final check.
抜ぬかるところだったwas almost caught off guard / nearly made a careless mistake
もう少すこしで抜ぬかるところだった。
I was almost caught off guard.

Kanji

抜slip out, extract, pull out

Related words

間ま違ちがえるN4
間違える is the broad, everyday verb for making any kind of mistake, while 抜かる specifically implies a lapse of attention or carelessness.
失しっ敗ぱいN4
失敗する means to fail or be unsuccessful in general, whereas 抜かる points to a preventable slip caused by inattention.
油ゆ断だんN2
油断する describes letting one's guard down, which is the mental state that often leads to 抜かる, a resulting careless mistake.

Opposites

気きを付つけるN4
気をつける means to be careful and watchful, the opposite behavior of 抜かる, which means to slip up through carelessness.

Don't confuse with

抜ぬけるN3
抜ける (to come out, slip out) shares the kanji 抜 with 抜かる but describes something physically coming loose, not making a careless mistake.
抜ぬかすN1
抜かす means to omit or skip something, while 抜かる means to slip up carelessly; the two are easy to mix up due to their similar spelling and sound.
抜ぬくN3
抜かる looks and sounds similar to 抜く but means to make a careless mistake or blunder, whereas 抜く means to pull something out or carry an action through to completion.

Word family

抜ぬかり
oversight; blunder; slip-up
手て抜ぬかり
oversight; omission; mistake

Written forms

抜ぬかるUsage39%
Attested kanji spelling with the reading ぬかる. Often encountered in admonitions such as 抜かるな.
ぬかるUsage61%

Etymology

The historical derivation is uncertain. The spelling uses 抜, a kanji associated with pulling out, omission, or something being missing, which fits the idea of a lapse or oversight.