Meaning of 根刮ぎ(ねこそぎ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 根刮ぎ, 根こそぎ

Kana Reading ねこそぎ

Romaji nekosogi

Parts of speech

adverb (fukushi)

Meaning

root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots

Examples of 根刮ぎ, 根こそぎ, ねこそぎ in a sentence

麻薬の密売は根こそぎ絶やさなければならない。

We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.
何もかも根こそぎ奪っていった。

You didn't leave me shit.
その植物を根こそぎ引き抜きなさい。

Pull the plant up by the roots.

Related Kanji

根 JLPT 2

10 strokes

root, radical, head (pimple)

On'Yomi: コン

Kun'Yomi: ね, -ね

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刮

8 strokes

scrape off

On'Yomi: カツ

Kun'Yomi: こそ.げる, けず.る

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