脱(だつ)〜

だつ
prefix
de-; escape from ~; post-~
grammaticalchange
1. de-; escape from ~; post-~
Attached to a noun to mean getting away from it or doing without it: 脱炭素(だつたんそ) "decarbonization," 脱(だつ)サラ "quitting salaried work."
We aim for decarbonization.
He quit his office job and opened a bakery.
多(おお)くの国(くに)が脱原発(だつげんぱつ)を進(すす)めるかどうかで議論(ぎろん)を続(つづ)けている。
Many countries continue to debate whether to phase out nuclear power.

Common in news and slogans, and productive: new 脱(だつ)〜 words appear often.

Compounds

Related words

  • 脱(ぬ)ぐ: to take off (clothes) — the kun reading of the same kanji
  • 非(ひ)〜: non- — simple negation, not escape

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