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抜く (nuku)

JLPT N2 Grammar List

to do something to the end; completely, extremely

 Formations 

Verb-ますstem + 抜く

 Examples  

あなたはその仕事を最後までやり抜くべきだ / やり抜くべきです。
Anata wa sono shigoto o saigomade yari nukubekida/ yari nukubekidesu.
You should carry the task through to the end.

あなたはその歴史小説を最後まで読み抜くべきだ / 読みぬくべきです。
Anata wa sono rekishi shōsetsu o saigomade yomi nukubekida/ yomi nukubekidesu.
You should read through the history novel till the end.

私たちはお互いを知り抜いている / 知り抜いています
Watashitachiha otagai o shirinuite iru/ shirinuite imasu.
We know each other very well.

妻はその山を最後まで登り抜いた / 登り抜きました
Tsuma wa sono yama o saigomade nobori nuita/ nobori nukimashita.
My wife climbed the mountain all the way.

そのピッチャーは決勝戦で最後まで投げ抜いた / 投げ抜きました
Sono pitchā wa kesshōsen de saigomade nage nuita/ nage nukimashita.
That pitcher threw to the end in the final match.

ゴールキーパーとして、息子はその試合で相手チームを無得点に抑え抜いた / 抑え抜きました
Gōrukīpā to shite, musuko wa sono shiai de aite chīmu o mutokuten ni osae nuita/ osae nukimashita.
As a goalkeeper, my son shut out the opposing team until the end in the match.

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