Meaning of ずば抜ける in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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ずば抜ける
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Kana Readingずばぬける
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Romajizubanukeru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
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Example Sentences
ずば抜ける, ずばぬける used in context
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She is much the tallest girl.
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He is much the best baseball player in our school.
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He excelled in music even as a child.
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He has an unusual ability in English.
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He towers above the rest of the class.
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He is by far the best boy in the class.
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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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