This means you keep doing something until it is finished. You work hard and do not give up, even if it is difficult.
Verb [stem] + ぬくPrimary
This means you keep doing something until it is finished. You work hard and do not give up, even if it is difficult.
彼は過酷なレースを最後まで走り抜いた。
He ran the grueling race all the way to the end.
どんな困難があっても、このプロジェクトをやり抜く覚悟です。
No matter what difficulties we face, I am prepared to see this project through.
悩み抜いた決断だから、後悔はしていない。
Because it was a decision I agonized over, I have no regrets.
あまりの苦しさに、最後まで耐え抜けなかった。
It was so painful that I couldn't endure it to the end.
彼は一人で激動の時代を生き抜いている。
He is surviving through a turbulent era all by himself.
This word shows you finished something hard. It means you kept going even when it was tough. Think of climbing a big mountain. You wouldn't use it for eating a sandwich.
〜ぬく means you finish something with effort. 〜きる means you finish all of something. 〜終える just means you finish something. It does not show effort or using everything up.
Don't use this when the action happens very fast. For example, you can't say "arrive completely."
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