栓せん抜ぬき

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

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noun

bottle opener; corkscrew

Refers to a tool for removing bottle caps or corks. In everyday use, it most often means a metal or plastic opener for crown caps, but can also include corkscrews.

栓せん抜ぬきでビールの栓せんを開あける。

I open the beer bottle with a bottle opener.

ワイン用ようの栓せん抜ぬきはどこですか。

Where is the corkscrew for wine?

Usage patterns

栓せん抜ぬきで〈物もの〉を開あけるto open something (a bottle) with a bottle opener
栓せん抜ぬきでビールを開あけた。
I opened the beer with a bottle opener.
栓せん抜ぬきで栓せんを抜ぬくto pull off a cap/cork with a bottle opener
栓せん抜ぬきで栓せんを抜ぬいてから注そそいだ。
I pulled off the cap with the bottle opener before pouring.

Kanji

栓plug, bolt, cork
抜slip out, extract, pull out

Related words

コルク抜ぬき
コルク抜き specifically means a corkscrew for wine bottles, while 栓抜き is the broader term that usually refers to a crown-cap opener but can also cover corkscrews.

Don't confuse with

缶かん切きり
缶切り is a can opener for tin cans, while 栓抜き is used for prying off bottle caps or corks, not cans.

Counted with

個こN5
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years

Built from

栓せん+抜ぬき

Written forms

栓せん抜ぬきUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
栓せん抜ぬきUsage4%
Abbreviated kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
せんぬきUsage4%

Etymology

Compound of 栓 (sen, 'stopper, plug, cork') and 抜き (nuki, the continuative form of 抜く nuku, 'to pull out, extract'). Literally 'stopper-puller'.