ら抜き言葉

Reading

Kana: らぬきことば

Romaji: ranukikotoba

Definition

noun

1

'ra'-removed word (i.e. lacking the 'ra' in the 'rareru' verb conjunction)

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

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

葉

Readings: ヨウ、 は

Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece