抜

Meaning

抜 centers on pulling something out from where it was embedded: extracting, slipping out, removing, or omitting. The pilfer and quote senses are natural extensions of taking something out of its original context.

• 抜けるぬける
  N3

  to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose

• 抜くぬく
  N3

  to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed

• 抜きぬき

  leaving out; omitting; skipping; dispensing with

• 抜群ばつぐん
  N1

  outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty); beyond compare

• 選抜せんばつ

  selection; choice; picking out

• 抜粋ばっすい
  N1

  extract; excerpt; selection

• 手抜きてぬき
  N1

  omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping

• 間抜けまぬけ
  N1

  stupid; foolish; idiotic; inane

• 抜かすぬかす
  N1

  to omit; to leave out; to skip

• 奇抜きばつ

  (very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking; bizarre; wild

• 抜け出すぬけだす
  N1

  to slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation)

• 骨抜きほねぬき

  boning (fish or meat); deboning

• 海抜かいばつ
  N1

  height above sea level

• 切り抜ききりぬき

  clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)

• 引き抜くひきぬく
  N1

  to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to uproot

• 生え抜きはえぬき

  native-born; trueborn

• 突き抜けるつきぬける
  N1

  to pierce through; to break through

• 追い抜くおいぬく
  N1

  to pass (a car); to overtake

• 抜本的ばっぽんてき
  N1

  drastic; radical

• 目抜きめぬき

  principal; main; important; fashionable

• 抜かるぬかる

  to make a mistake

• 栓抜きせんぬき
  N1

  bottle opener; corkscrew

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