ババ抜き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抜
ぬ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
ババ拔き (kyūjitai) 婆抜き

Etymology

婆 (baba, “old lady”) +‎ 抜き (-nuki, “-less”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばばぬき [bàbánúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ばばぬき [bàbánúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) ばばぬき [bàbánúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ba̠nɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

ババ抜(ぬ)き or ババ抜(ぬ)き • (babanuki) 

1. (card games) old maid
   • 1991 June 15, Fumiko Takahashi, “博(ばく)奕(ち)王(おう)Ｋ(キング) [Gambling King King]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 60–61:

     よかろう。種(しゅ)目(もく)は？

     Yokarō. Shumoku wa?

     Very well. What kinda game then?

     ババぬきや‼

     Babanuki ya‼

     Old maid!!