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間抜け

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
間拔け (kyūjitai)
マヌケ

Etymology

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Verbal noun of ()()ける (ma ga nukeru, to be offbeat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()() or 間抜(マヌ) (manuke-na (adnominal ()() (manuke na), adverbial ()() (manuke ni))

  1. slipshod, careless, stupid, idiotic
    そんな間抜(まぬ)()(わけ)一体(いったい)なんだよ。
    Sonna manuke na iiwake wa ittai nan da yo.
    What the hell is it with that idiotic excuse.

Inflection

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Noun

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()() or 間抜(マヌ) (manuke

  1. an idiot, a moron, a fool, a blockhead
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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN