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~抜ぬく: meaning, usage and examples

~抜ぬく means: to do completely / to do through.

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. 困難こんなんを耐たえ抜ぬいた。

   I endured the hardship to the very end.

2. 最後さいごまで走はしり抜ぬく。

   I'll run through to the end.

3. どんなに苦くるしくても、最後さいごまでやり抜ぬくつもりです。

   No matter how hard it gets, I intend to see it through to the end.

4. 考かんがえ抜ぬいて出だした答こたえなので、後悔こうかいはしていません。

   I reached this answer after thinking it through, so I have no regrets.

When to use it

Says that you do something all the way to the end, even though it is hard, or do it thoroughly. For example, 最後さいごまでやり抜ぬく means "to see it through to the end," and 考かんがえ抜ぬく means "to think something through completely." Common combinations are やり抜ぬく, 走はしり抜ぬく, 耐たえ抜ぬく, 生いき抜ぬく, 考かんがえ抜ぬく and 悩なやみ抜ぬく.

Nuance

Positive, with a sense of effort and determination. Neutral register, used in speech and writing. It is used for actions that take willpower; it sounds odd with easy actions such as eating a snack.

Compare

切きる also means "completely," but stresses finishing everything: 全部ぜんぶ食たべ切きる. 抜ぬく stresses enduring to the end: 苦くるしい練習れんしゅうをやり抜ぬく. 終おわる only marks the end of an action: 読よみ終おわる, with no idea of struggle.

Tip: Picture a runner breaking through the finish tape: 抜ぬく = push through. The verb 抜ぬく alone means "to pull out" or "to overtake," so read compounds as a unit.