Vocabulary

What does 除く (のぞく, nozoku) mean?

除く (のぞく, nozoku) means to remove, to exclude.

Quick facts
Readingのぞく
Romajinozoku
Part of speechgodan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
のぞく
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonnozoku

to remove, to exclude

  1. 1godan verb · transitive to remove; to get rid of; to take away
  2. 2godan verb · transitive to exclude; to except; to leave out
  3. 3godan verb · transitive to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)

Example sentences

  • I removed one name from the list.

  • It's open every day except Sunday.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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