빼다
ppae-da
Pulling a tooth and subtracting tax are the same motion
The picture Something lodged inside is drawn out, leaving its place empty and the whole smaller.
Where the picture shows up in 빼다
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what was inserted slides out
여기서 카드 빼세요.
yeo-gi-seo ka-deu ppae-se-yo
Take your card out here.
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what was rooted is pulled out
어제 사랑니를 뺐어요.
eo-je sa-rang-ni-reul ppae-sseo-yo
I had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday.
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a name comes out of the list
이번 달은 명단에서 저를 빼 주세요.
i-beon da-reun myeong-dan-e-seo jeo-reul ppae ju-se-yo
Please leave me off the list this month.
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an amount comes out of the total
월급에서 세금을 빼면 얼마 안 남아요.
wol-geu-be-seo se-geu-meul ppae-myeon eol-ma an na-ma-yo
After tax comes out of the pay, not much is left.
This is also the ordinary word for subtraction in arithmetic.
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weight comes off the body
살을 좀 빼려고 걷고 있어요.
sa-reul jom ppae-ryeo-go geot-go i-sseo-yo
I'm walking to take some weight off.