Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of ら抜き言葉(らぬきことば) in Japanese

ら抜き言葉
Kana Reading
らぬきことば
Romaji
ranukikotoba
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    'ra'-removed word (i.e. lacking the 'ra' in the 'rareru' verb conjunction)


Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

7 strokes

slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

On'Yomi: バツ, ハツ, ハイ

Kun'Yomi: ぬ.く, -ぬ.く, ぬ.き, ぬ.ける, ぬ.かす, ぬ.かる

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JLPT 3

12 strokes

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

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi: は

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JLPT 5

7 strokes

say

On'Yomi: ゲン, ゴン

Kun'Yomi: い.う, こと

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