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抜け目ない (ぬけめない) — shrewd | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
抜け目ない

抜け目ない

抜ぬけ目めない

shrewd

Kanji Vocab Emotions & Psychology21 strokes

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抜け目無い

ぬけめない

Adjective

1.

shrewd, astute, cunning, alert

idiomatic expression

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Kanji that make up this word

ぬ.く・-ぬ.く・ぬ.き・ぬ.ける・ぬ.かす・ぬ.かる…(4)

slip out・extract・pull out・pilfer・quote…(2)

め・-め・ま-…(6)

eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)

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