間が抜ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
間が拔ける (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally "the time between two beats () is missing (抜ける)".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma̠ ɡa̠ nɯ̟ᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

()()ける • (ma ga nukeru) ichidan (stem ()() (ma ga nuke), past ()()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 . Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with /, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with . Also, the subject marker may be omitted, giving 間抜ける, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by , giving 間の抜ける.

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