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間抜け

間抜け

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Adjective

間抜け (-na inflection, hiragana まぬけ, katakana マヌケ, romaji manuke)

  1. slipshod, careless, stupid, idiotic
    そんな間抜 (まぬ) () (わけ)一体 (いったい)なんだよ。
    Sonna manuke na iiwake wa ittai nan da yo.
    What the **** is it with that idiotic excuse.

Inflection

Noun

間抜け (hiragana まぬけ, katakana マヌケ, romaji manuke)

  1. an idiot, a moron, a fool, a blockhead

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References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9