抜ぬける

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

slip out; escape; leave temporarily

Used for getting out of a place, situation, group, or meeting. With places or events, the noun often takes を, as in 会議を抜ける, even though the verb is not a simple object-changing transitive verb.

• 急きゅう用ようができて、会かい議ぎを途と中ちゅうで抜ぬけた。

  Something urgent came up, so I left the meeting partway through.

• 犯はん人にんは裏うら口ぐちから抜ぬけたらしい。

  It seems the culprit escaped through the back door.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fade; lose color; become discolored

Common with 色, 染料, and dyed or printed items; the color is what 'comes out' or loses intensity.

• 何なん度ども洗あらったので、シャツの色いろが抜ぬけてしまった。

  After many washes, the shirt's color faded.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

wear through; develop a hole

Used especially of clothing or fabric when a part wears out so badly that it gives way or forms a hole.

• 古ふるい靴くつ下したのかかとが抜ぬけている。

  The heels of the old socks are worn through.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be clear; be transparent; be brilliantly open

Often appears in the fixed descriptive pattern 抜けるような, especially for a clear blue sky or a transparent, open impression.

• 山やまの上うえには抜ぬけるような青あお空ぞらが広ひろがっていた。

  A brilliantly clear blue sky stretched over the mountain.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be absentminded; be careless; be foolish

Usually used as 抜けた or 抜けている to describe someone as a bit careless, inattentive, or lacking in common sense. It can sound mildly critical or teasing depending on context.

• 彼かれは優ゆう秀しゅうだが、少すこし抜ぬけているところがある。

  He is capable, but he can be a little absentminded.

• 大だい事じな日ひ付づけを間ま違ちがえるなんて、抜ぬけたことをした。

  Mixing up such an important date was a careless thing to do.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

exit a loop; break out of a loop

Computing use for leaving a program loop or repeated process, often corresponding to 'break' or 'exit' in programming explanations.

• 条じょう件けんを満みたしたら、このループを抜ぬける。

  When the condition is met, exit this loop.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pass through; go through; give way; collapse

For movement, the route or space often takes を, as in トンネルを抜ける. In related physical uses, a floor, bottom, or support can 抜ける, meaning it gives way or collapses.

• 長ながいトンネルを抜ぬけると、海うみが見みえた。

  After passing through the long tunnel, we could see the sea.

• 重おもみで古ふるい床ゆかが抜ぬけた。

  The old floor gave way under the weight.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

finish a hanafuda round with over 88 base points

Specialized hanafuda term: finishing a round with more than 88 points before counting points from scoring combinations. This is not a general everyday use.

• 花はな札ふだでは、役やくの点てんを除のぞいて八はち十じゅう八はっ点てんを超こえて終おえることを「抜ぬける」と言いう。

  In hanafuda, finishing with more than 88 points excluding combination points is called nukeru.