ババ抜き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抜
ぬ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
ババ拔き (kyūjitai) 婆抜き

Etymology

婆 (baba, “old lady”) +‎ 抜き (-nuki, “-less”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばばぬき [bàbánúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
(Tokyo) ばばぬき [bàbánúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
(Tokyo) ばばぬき [bàbánúkí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ba̠ba̠nɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

ババ抜(ぬ)き or ババ抜(ぬ)き • (babanuki)

(card games) old maid
- 1991 June 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “博(ばく)奕(ち)王(おう)Ｋ(キング) [Gambling King King]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 60–61:
  
  よかろう。種(しゅ)目(もく)は？
  Yokarō. Shumoku wa?
  Very well. What kinda game then?
  ババぬきや‼
  Babanuki ya‼
  Old maid!!