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手抜きてぬきCommon wordN1Nounscutting corners; skimping; omitting steps · intentional negligence · tenuki; playing elsewhere (in Go)
息抜きいきぬきN1Nounsbreather; break; relaxation · vent; ventilation opening
骨抜きほねぬきCommon wordNounsboning; deboning · watering down; weakening; emasculation
切り抜ききりぬきCommon wordNounsclipping; cutting; scrap · cut-out; paper cut-out · video clip; clip
抜き打ちぬきうちNounsdrawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke · sudden; unannounced; without warning
引き抜きひきぬきNounsheadhunting; poaching; hiring away · quick costume change; pulling off outer robe · drawing; cold drawing
勝ち抜きかちぬきNounsknockout tournament; elimination tournament
抜き差しぬきさしNounsaddition and deletion; insertion and removal · taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging · making do; getting by; managing
生え抜きはえぬきCommon wordOthernative-born; born and raised · career; lifer; from the start
追い抜きおいぬきNounsovertaking; passing · pursuit (event)
抜き出すぬきだすN2Verbspick out; single out; select · extract; draw out; pull out; distill
抜き取るぬきとるVerbspull out; draw out; extract; remove · pick out; take a sample; extract · steal contents; pilfer; pickpocket
抜きん出るぬきんでるVerbssurpass; excel; stand out · tower above; rise prominently
毛抜きけぬきNounstweezers; nippers
居抜きいぬきNounsturnkey business; fully equipped; as-is with fixtures
綿抜きわたぬきNounsunpadded kimono; kimono without cotton padding · first day of the fourth month (lunar calendar)
くり抜きくりぬきNounshollowing out; scooping out; gouging; drilling
選り抜きよりぬきOtherthe very best; elite; select
中抜きなかぬきNounsoutlining; hollowing out · cutting out the middleman; dealing directly · skinning the cat · subcontracting with a kickback
全段抜きぜんだんぬきNounsbanner headline; full-width headline
口抜きくちぬきNounscorkscrew
吹き抜きふきぬきNounsstairwell; atrium; open vertical space · streamer; pennant; wind sock
四七抜きよなぬきNounspentatonic scale
型抜きかたぬきNounsdie cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold · cookie cutter
塩抜きしおぬきNounsdesalination; salt removal; soaking out salt
夕食抜きゆうしょくぬきNounswithout supper; skipping dinner
居合抜きいあいぬきNounsiai; art of drawing and cutting in one motion · historical street performance of sword-drawing
張り抜きはりぬきNounspapier-mâché
心抜き器しんぬききNounscorer
打ち抜きうちぬきNounspunching; die cutting; blanking · removing a partition wall · artesian well
コロップ抜きコロップぬきNounscorkscrew
ごぼう抜きごぼうぬきNounspulling out in one stroke; plucking out · forcibly removing one after another · overtaking multiple people in a spurt; pulling ahead
すっぱ抜きすっぱぬきNounsexposure; disclosure; revelation
コルク抜きコルクぬきNounscorkscrew
灰汁抜きあくぬきNounsremoving harshness; removing astringency
とげ抜きとげぬきNounstweezers; forceps; splinter remover
ぶち抜きぶちぬきNounsremoving a partition; knocking through a wall · straight through; without a break; nonstop
ガス抜きガスぬきNounsdegassing; venting gas; punching down dough · letting off steam; venting frustrations
サビ抜きサビぬきOtherwithout wasabi; wasabi-free
ジジ抜きジジぬきNounsold maid variant with joker as the odd card