Godan verb (く)

抜くぬく

nuku

to pull out · N3

抜く (ぬく, nuku) — to pull out — is a godan verb ending in く: 抜いて (te-form), 抜いた (past), 抜かない (negative), 抜きます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to draw out; to extract.

How 抜く conjugates · godan く-verb

Only the last kana changes: く becomes か, き, け or こ.

Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.

か抜かないnegative

き抜きますpolite present

く抜くdictionary form

け抜けるpotential抜けばif

こ抜こうvolitional

The て and た forms · く → いて, いたい抜いてte-form抜いたpast

The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every く- and ぐ-verb changes the same way there; only 行く is different.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	抜くぬく nuku
past N5 I pulled it out.	抜いたぬいた nuita
negative N5 I don't pull it out.	抜かないぬかない nukanai
te-form N5 I pull it out and …	抜いてぬいて nuite
past negative N4 I didn't pull it out.	抜かなかったぬかなかった nukanakatta
volitional N4 Let's pull it out!	抜こうぬこう nukou
potential N3	抜けるぬける nukeru
cond. ば N3 If I pull it out, ...	抜けばぬけば nukeba
cond. たら N3 When I pull it out, ...	抜いたらぬいたら nuitara
passive N2 It gets pulled out.	抜かれるぬかれる nukareru
causative N2 I make someone pull it out.	抜かせるぬかせる nukaseru
imperative N1	抜けぬけ nuke

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	抜きますぬきます nukimasu
past N5 I pulled it out.	抜きましたぬきました nukimashita
negative N5 I don't pull it out.	抜きませんぬきません nukimasen
past negative N4 I didn't pull it out.	抜きませんでしたぬきませんでした nukimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's pull it out!	抜きましょうぬきましょう nukimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm pulling it out.	抜いているぬいている nuiteiru
ていた N4 I was pulling it out.	抜いていたぬいていた nuiteita
ています N4 I'm pulling it out.	抜いていますぬいています nuiteimasu
ていました N4 I was pulling it out.	抜いていましたぬいていました nuiteimashita