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): [ba̠ba̠nɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

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)”, in らんま½ (らんま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!!
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