抜き
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. leaving out; omitting; skipping; dispensing with
Suffix
2. (beating) in succession; in a row (after a number of people)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ぬき
Used in vocabulary
手抜き
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
Noun
骨抜き
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; emasculation; taking the backbone out of; weakening
Noun
切り抜き
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
Noun
引き抜き
hiring from another company; recruitment; scouting; headhunting; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
Noun
抜き差し
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
Noun
Examples12
彼の４
His beating four competitors in a row won our high school team the championship.
アルコール
Do you have any soft drinks?
朝食
It was hard to work without breakfast.
全部
You can't have dessert until you finish your meal.
利益
Are the profits exclusive of taxes?
一週間
I went without food for a week.