ぐんをぬく

Japanese

Alternative spelling
群を抜く

Etymology

From 群(ぐん) (gun, “crowd”) + を (o) + 抜(ぬ)く (nuku, “to surpass”). Literally, "to surpass the crowd".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ɰ̃ o̞ nɯ̟kɯ̟]

Verb

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

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

Related terms

抜群(ばつぐん) (batsugun)