English–Japanese
“pull out” in Japanese
How to say “pull out” in Japanese
“Pull out” in Japanese is 抜く (nuku).
Centers on taking an item out of a place, link, or series, with the same basic idea extending to unplugging, skipping, and removing unwanted plants.
Example sentences with 抜く
瓶の栓を抜いて、コップに水を注ぎます。bin no sen o nu i te ko ppu ni mizu o soso gi ma su
I remove the stopper from the bottle and pour water into a glass.
Tips for using 抜く
- Japanese uses 抜く (nuku) in both 電源を抜く (dengen o nuku) for unplugging and 朝食を抜く (chōshoku o nuku) for skipping breakfast, two common conversational meanings.
Other Japanese words for “pull out”
花壇の雑草を一本ずつ毟ります。ka dan no zas sō o ichi pon zu tsu mushi ri ma su
I pull out the weeds in the flower bed one by one.
その雑草を引き抜きます。so no zas sō o hi ki nu ki ma su
I pull out that weed.