ずば抜ける
ずばぬける
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional
Meanings
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above; to tower above the rest
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ずば抜けるずばぬける | ずば抜けますずばぬけます |
| Negative | ずば抜けないずばぬけない | ずば抜けませんずばぬけません |
| Past | ずば抜けたずばぬけた | ずば抜けましたずばぬけました |
| Past negative | ずば抜けなかったずばぬけなかった | ずば抜けませんでしたずばぬけませんでした |
| Te-form | ずば抜けてずばぬけて |
|---|---|
| Potential | ずば抜けられるずばぬけられる |
| Passive | ずば抜けられるずばぬけられる |
| Causative | ずば抜けさせるずばぬけさせる |
| Volitional | ずば抜けようずばぬけよう |
| Imperative | ずば抜けろずばぬけろ |
| Conditional (ば) | ずば抜ければずばぬければ |
| Conditional (たら) | ずば抜けたらずばぬけたら |
Example sentences
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She is by far the best player in that country.
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This is by far the best.
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He is by far the best boy in the class.
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His ability in mathematics is outstanding.
イチローはずば抜けた野球選手だ。
Ichiro is an outstanding baseball player.
More examples (10)
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He is by far the best baseball player at our school.
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She is much the tallest girl.
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He is by far the wisest of the three.
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He has an unusual ability in English.
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He excelled in music even as a child.
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He towers above the rest of the class.
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You are by far the best swimmer of us all.
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I admit her superiority to others.
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Of us all, Tom was by far the best swimmer.
ずば抜けた着想というのは、往々にして天啓のごとくヒラメクようだ。
Sometimes the most inspired ideas seem to just come from out of the blue.