抜きで・
抜きで・抜きに says that an activity, arrangement, or discussion proceeds without a named person or thing. It often suggests that the element has been deliberately omitted or set aside.
What the pattern highlights
The noun names something that would normally be present or considered, but the main action proceeds without it. The omitted element can be a person, an ingredient, a formality, an explanation, or an assumption.
Proceeding without something
The main action should be something that can meaningfully continue after the named element is removed.
Putting a consideration aside
抜きにして makes the act of setting something aside especially clear. The omitted item is often marked with は when it is presented as the thing not to consider.
個人的な感情は抜きにして、事実だけを見てください。
Please set personal feelings aside and look only at the facts.
AnalyzeOmitting something versus defining an exception
抜きで describes how an activity proceeds without something. By contrast, を除いて objectively removes an exception from a set, while 以外 identifies what lies outside a stated boundary. Choose this page's pattern when the main point is doing, arranging, or discussing something without the named element.
More examples
今日は店長抜きで今後の予定を話し合った。
Today, we discussed the upcoming schedule without the manager.
Analyzeこのカレーは肉抜きで注文できます。
You can order this curry without meat.
Analyzeお世辞抜きに言うと、今回の発表が一番よかった。
Honestly, without any flattery, this presentation was the best.
Analyze面倒な手続きは抜きにして、すぐに作業を始めましょう。
Let's skip the troublesome formalities and start work right away.
Analyze先入観は抜きにして、この作品を評価してほしい。
I want you to evaluate this work without preconceptions.
Analyze冗談抜きで、今すぐ避難したほうがいい。
Seriously, you should evacuate right now.
Analyze冗談抜きで is a common way to signal that the speaker is no longer joking.