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.

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