うちぬく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
打ち抜く撃ち抜く

Etymology

From 打(う)ち (uchi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 打(う)つ (utsu).”) + 抜(ぬ)く (nuku).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うちぬく [ùchínúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) うちぬく [ùchínúkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟t͡ɕinɯ̟kɯ̟]

Verb

うちぬく • (uchinuku) ^{←うちぬく (utinuku)^?}godan (stem うちぬき (uchinuki), past うちぬいた (uchinuita))

打ち抜く: to pierce through
打ち抜く, 撃ち抜く: (specifically, of a bullet) to pierce through

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うちぬく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	うちぬか	uchinuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	うちぬき	uchinuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	うちぬく	uchinuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	うちぬく	uchinuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	うちぬけ	uchinuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	うちぬけ	uchinuke
Key constructions
Passive	うちぬかれる	uchinukareru
Causative	うちぬかせるうちぬかす	uchinukaseru uchinukasu
Potential	うちぬける	uchinukeru
Volitional	うちぬこう	uchinukō
Negative	うちぬかない	uchinukanai
Negative continuative	うちぬかず	uchinukazu
Formal	うちぬきます	uchinukimasu
Perfective	うちぬいた	uchinuita
Conjunctive	うちぬいて	uchinuite
Hypothetical conditional	うちぬけば	uchinukeba

Related terms

ぶちぬく (buchinuku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN