expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to astonish, to astound, to stupefy, to flabbergast, to strike a person dumb, to dumbfound, to take (someone) aback, to boggle the mind (of someone).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
度肝を抜く どぎもをぬく
 
 
度胆を抜く どぎもをぬく
 
 
 
ド肝を抜く ドぎもをぬく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

degrees, occurrence, time
ド タク たび (3rd, N4)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
liver, pluck, nerve
カン きも (8th, N1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
slip out, extract, pull out
ぬ.く バツ ぬき (7th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
friend
とも ユウ う (2nd, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)