ぐんをぬく

Japanese

Alternative spelling
群を抜く

Etymology

From (ぐん) (gun, crowd) + (o) + () (nuku, to surpass). Literally, "to surpass the crowd".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ɰ̃ o̞ nɯ̟kɯ̟]

Verb

ぐんぬく • (gun o nukugodan (stem ぐんをぬき (gun o nuki), past ぐんをぬいた (gun o nuita))

  1. to surpass peers in skill/ability

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ぐんをぬく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ぐんをぬか ぐんをぬか gun o nuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ぐんをぬき ぐんをぬき gun o nuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") ぐんをぬく ぐんをぬく gun o nuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") ぐんをぬく ぐんをぬく gun o nuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ぐんをぬけ ぐんをぬけ gun o nuke
Meireikei ("imperative") ぐんをぬけ ぐんをぬけ gun o nuke
Key constructions
Passive ぐんをぬかれる ぐんをぬかれる gun o nukareru
Causative ぐんをぬかせる
ぐんをぬかす
ぐんをぬかせる
ぐんをぬかす
gun o nukaseru
gun o nukasu
Potential ぐんをぬける ぐんをぬける gun o nukeru
Volitional ぐんをぬこう ぐんをぬこう gun o nukō
Negative ぐんをぬかない ぐんをぬかない gun o nukanai
Negative continuative ぐんをぬかず ぐんをぬかず gun o nukazu
Formal ぐんをぬきます ぐんをぬきます gun o nukimasu
Perfective ぐんをぬいた ぐんをぬいた gun o nuita
Conjunctive ぐんをぬいて ぐんをぬいて gun o nuite
Hypothetical conditional ぐんをぬけば ぐんをぬけば gun o nukeba