間が抜ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
間が拔ける (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally "the time between two beats () is missing (抜ける)".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma̠ ɡa̠ nɯ̟ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

()()ける • (ma ga nukeruichidan (stem ()() (ma ga nuke), past ()()けた (ma ga nuketa))

  1. (music) to be offbeat
  2. to be faulty; to contain mistakes

Usage notes

  • This phrase has a syntactical subject . Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with /, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with . Also, the subject marker may be omitted, giving 間抜ける, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by , giving 間の抜ける.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "間が抜ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 間が抜け まがぬけ maganuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 間が抜け まがぬけ maganuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 間が抜ける まがぬける maganukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 間が抜ける まがぬける maganukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 間が抜けれ まがぬけれ maganukere
Meireikei ("imperative") 間が抜けよ¹
間が抜けろ²
まがぬけよ¹
まがぬけろ²
maganukeyo¹
maganukero²
Key constructions
Passive 間が抜けられる まがぬけられる maganukerareru
Causative 間が抜けさせる
間が抜けさす
まがぬけさせる
まがぬけさす
maganukesaseru
maganukesasu
Potential 間が抜けられる
間が抜けれる³
まがぬけられる
まがぬけれる³
maganukerareru
maganukereru³
Volitional 間が抜けよう まがぬけよう maganukeyō
Negative 間が抜けない
間が抜けぬ
間が抜けん
まがぬけない
まがぬけぬ
まがぬけん
maganukenai
maganukenu
maganuken
Negative continuative 間が抜けず まがぬけず maganukezu
Formal 間が抜けます まがぬけます maganukemasu
Perfective 間が抜けた まがぬけた maganuketa
Conjunctive 間が抜けて まがぬけて maganukete
Hypothetical conditional 間が抜ければ まがぬければ maganukereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms