Meaning of 間抜け in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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間抜け
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Kana Readingまぬけ
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Romajimanuke
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- stupidity; idiot; dunce; blockhead
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Example Sentences
間抜け, まぬけ used in context
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She regarded him as stupid.
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He asked his teacher stupid questions.
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He was so stupid as to tell a lie that might easily be found out.
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His stupid answer surprised everybody.
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In fact, he looked silly.
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Thanks to your stupidity, we lost the game.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit
On: バツ, ハツ, ハイ
Kun: ぬ.く, -ぬ.く, ぬ.き, ぬ.ける, ぬ.かす, ぬ.かる
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