Translation guide
How to express the idea of an excerpt — a short passage taken from a longer text — in Japanese.
Referring to a selected passage from a book, article, speech, etc.
The most common and general word for an excerpt. Used for passages taken from books, articles, documents, etc.
この本の抜粋を読んでください。
Please read an excerpt from this book.
会議の議事録から抜粋を紹介します。
I will present an excerpt from the meeting minutes.
Means 'quotation' or 'citation'. Often used when the excerpt is quoted directly, especially in academic or formal contexts.
Refers to an abstract, digest, or excerpt, often used for summaries of academic papers or official documents.
Describing the action of selecting and taking out a passage from a longer text.
The verb form of 抜粋. Means 'to excerpt' or 'to extract a passage'.
この記事から重要な部分を抜粋しました。
I excerpted the important parts from this article.
抜粋 is a general term for an extracted passage, while 引用 specifically implies a direct quotation, often with attribution. Use 引用 when you want to emphasize that you are citing a source.
論文に小説からの引用を含めた。
I included an excerpt from a novel in my paper.
研究の抄録を提出してください。
Please submit an excerpt (abstract) of your research.
Means 'to quote' or 'to cite'. Used when excerpting by directly quoting the source.
スピーチで彼の言葉を引用した。
I excerpted (quoted) his words in my speech.