間が抜ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	抜
ま Grade: 2	ぬ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
間が拔ける (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally "the time between two beats (間) is missing (抜ける)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ ɡa̠ nɯ̟ᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

間(ま)が抜(ぬ)ける • (ma ga nukeru) ichidan (stem 間(ま)が抜(ぬ)け (ma ga nuke), past 間(ま)が抜(ぬ)けた (ma ga nuketa))

1. (music) to be offbeat
2. to be faulty; to contain mistakes

Usage notes

• This phrase has a syntactical subject 間. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with は/も, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with の. Also, the subject marker が may be omitted, giving 間抜ける, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by の, giving 間の抜ける.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "間が抜ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	間が抜け	まがぬけ	maganuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	間が抜け	まがぬけ	maganuke
Shūshikei ("terminal")	間が抜ける	まがぬける	maganukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	間が抜ける	まがぬける	maganukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	間が抜けれ	まがぬけれ	maganukere
Meireikei ("imperative")	間が抜けよ¹ 間が抜けろ²	まがぬけよ¹ まがぬけろ²	maganukeyo¹ maganukero²
Key constructions
Passive	間が抜けられる	まがぬけられる	maganukerareru
Causative	間が抜けさせる 間が抜けさす	まがぬけさせる まがぬけさす	maganukesaseru maganukesasu
Potential	間が抜けられる 間が抜けれる³	まがぬけられる まがぬけれる³	maganukerareru maganukereru³
Volitional	間が抜けよう	まがぬけよう	maganukeyō
Negative	間が抜けない 間が抜けぬ 間が抜けん	まがぬけない まがぬけぬ まがぬけん	maganukenai maganukenu maganuken
Negative continuative	間が抜けず	まがぬけず	maganukezu
Formal	間が抜けます	まがぬけます	maganukemasu
Perfective	間が抜けた	まがぬけた	maganuketa
Conjunctive	間が抜けて	まがぬけて	maganukete
Hypothetical conditional	間が抜ければ	まがぬければ	maganukereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

• 間抜(まぬ)け (manuke)