Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
手拔き (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

(te, hand) +‎ 抜き (nuki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (nuku))

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (tenuki

  1. not adhering to procedure; skipping steps; cutting corners
  2. (go, shogi) playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move
  3. act of cutting corners

Verb edit

()()する (tenuki surusuru (stem ()() (tenuki shi), past ()()した (tenuki shita))

  1. cut corners

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN