ら抜き言葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抜	言	葉
ぬ Grade: S	こと Grade: 2	は > ば Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
ら拔き言葉 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らぬきこ​とば [rànúkí kóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠nɯ̟ᵝkʲi ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

Examples
食(た)べれる (tabereru), standard potential form 食(た)べられる (taberareru) 来(こ)れる (koreru), standard potential form 来(こ)られる (korareru)

ら抜(ぬ)き言(こと)葉(ば) • (ra-nuki kotoba) 

1. (Japanese grammar) dropping the ら (ra) in the potential form of verbs formed with られる (-rareru)

Synonyms

• ら抜(ぬ)き (ranuki)