抜く

ぬく · nuku · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

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🔌🦷 nuku sounds like nuke: pull it out, take it away, gone

抜 is the hand radical 扌 plus a part that once meant pulling free, so it is a hand plucking something out. 歯を抜く is pulling a tooth, プラグを抜く is unplugging, and 朝ご飯を抜く is skipping breakfast.

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