抜け出す・脱け出す|ぬけだすnukedasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
抜け出す抜け出す uses both kanji and kana and is the most common form. It is the recommended choice for beginners in all these meanings.
脱け出す脱け出す also uses kanji and kana, but it is rarely used. Learners may recognize it, but should choose 抜け出す instead.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto break into the lead; to get ahead
- godan verb, intransitive verbto begin to fall out (e.g. hair)
- godan verb, intransitive verb, computingto break out (of a loop)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 抜け出す（ぬけだす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 抜け出します（ぬけだします） |
| Negative (nai) | 抜け出さない（ぬけださない） |
| polite (masen) | 抜け出しません（ぬけだしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 抜け出さず・抜け出さぬ（ぬけださず・ぬけださぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 抜け出した（ぬけだした） |
| polite (mashita) | 抜け出しました（ぬけだしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 抜け出さなかった（ぬけださなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 抜け出しませんでした（ぬけだしませんでした） |
| Te form | 抜け出して（ぬけだして） |
| Potential | 抜け出せる（ぬけだせる） |
| Passive | 抜け出される（ぬけだされる） |
| Causative | 抜け出させる（ぬけださせる） |
| Causative passive | 抜け出させられる（ぬけださせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 抜け出せば（ぬけだせば） |
| tara | 抜け出したら（ぬけだしたら） |
| Volitional | 抜け出そう（ぬけだそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 抜け出しましょう（ぬけだしましょう） |
| Imperative | 抜け出せ（ぬけだせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym逃げ出すにげだすNeutralMeans starting to run away, and by extension dodging work or escaping reality; 「抜け出す」 instead stresses slipping out quietly or breaking out of a fix or a slump.
- Synonym逃げるにげるNeutralThe most common everyday word for running away; 「抜け出す」 instead stresses slipping away quietly or getting out of a difficult situation.
- Synonym抜け出るぬけでるNeutralMeans slipping out or standing out from the crowd, but is used less; 「抜け出す」 is more common and also covers getting out of a slump.
- Synonym脱出だっしゅつNeutralA noun for escaping from a dangerous place, on the formal side; 「抜け出す」 is more colloquial and implies doing it quietly.
- Synonym逃走とうそうNeutralA noun for fleeing, tending to news-report style; 「抜け出す」 stresses slipping out quietly.
- Synonym逃亡とうぼうNeutralFor fleeing and going into hiding; 「抜け出す」 stresses slipping away quietly or getting free of a bind.
- Synonym逃れるのがれるWrittenLeans written/formal: escaping danger or dodging responsibility; 「抜け出す」 is more colloquial.
- Synonym脱走だっそうNeutralA noun for breaking out of prison or fleeing a camp; 「抜け出す」 is broader in use.
- Synonym逃避とうひNeutralFor evading reality or responsibility — a psychological retreat; 「抜け出す」 is about actually leaving a place or getting out of a fix.
- Synonym退散たいさんWrittenWritten: a group scattering and melting away in flight; 「抜け出す」 typically centres on individuals slipping off quietly.
- SynonymトンズラCasualSlang for doing a runner, with a shady nuance; 「抜け出す」 is more neutral.
- SynonymエスケープNeutralLoanword for skipping class or the Esc key; 「抜け出す」 is broader.
- Synonym逸走いっそうWrittenWritten language for running away or running off the track; 「抜け出す」 is more common.
- Synonym出奔しゅっぽんWrittenWritten and old-fashioned: absconding or running off together; 「抜け出す」 is more everyday.
- Synonym逃げ失せるにげうせるNeutralFor fleeing and vanishing without a trace — the disappearance is the point; 「抜け出す」 stresses slipping out quietly.
- Synonym逃げ走るにげはしるNeutralFor fleeing at a run, with a panicked feel; 「抜け出す」 suggests slipping away without a sound.
- Synonym遁走とんそうWrittenWritten and old-fashioned for fleeing; 「抜け出す」 is more colloquial.
- Synonym逃散ちょうさんWrittenA historical term for farmers abandoning their fields and fleeing; used differently from 「抜け出す」.
- Synonym逃げ去るにげさるNeutralFor fleeing off and disappearing from the scene; 「抜け出す」 stresses slipping quietly out of a place.
- Synonym奔逸ほんいつWrittenWritten: dashing at speed or running wild; 「抜け出す」 is more everyday.
- SynonymずらかるCasualSlang for making a getaway, with a streetwise flavour; 「抜け出す」 is more neutral.
- Related免れるまぬがれるNeutralFor surviving disaster or avoiding harm that comes your way; 「抜け出す」 is you slipping out, breaking free of a bind, or pulling ahead.
- Related雲隠れくもがくれNeutralFor suddenly vanishing like the moon behind clouds; 「抜け出す」 is about slipping out of a place.
- Antonym落ち込むおちこむNeutralAntonym: to sink into a slump — the opposite of 「抜け出す」 when it means breaking out of one.
- Antonym遅れるおくれるNeutralAntonym: to fall behind or lag — the opposite of 「抜け出す」 when it means breaking into the lead.
- Antonym劣るおとるNeutralAntonym: to be inferior to others — the opposite of 「抜け出す」 when it means standing out ahead.
Use 「抜け出す」 for slipping out quietly, breaking free of a difficult situation or slump, or pulling ahead in a race, as in 「会議を抜け出す」 and 「スランプから抜け出す」. For plain running away, 「逃げる」 is the everyday choice; for escaping danger in formal or written style, 「脱出」. When you are in a slump rather than getting out of one, say 「落ち込む」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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