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ら抜き

Reading

Kana: らぬき
Romaji: ranuki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation

Note: abbreviation
See also: ら抜き言葉

Kanji

抜
Readings: バツ、 ハツ、 ハイ、 ぬ.く、 -ぬ.く、 ぬ.き、 ぬ.ける、 ぬ.かす、 ぬ.かる
Meanings: slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

Example Sentence

ら抜(ぬ)き言葉(ことば)って知(し)っている？けっこう間違(まちが)った言葉(ことば)を使(つか)う生徒(せいと)が多(おお)いみたい。
➥You know about 'ra-skipped words'? It looks like quite a lot of students are using mistaken words.
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