中なか抜ぬけ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

Refers to briefly leaving a place or event, often with the implication of returning. Commonly used as a suru-verb (中抜けする).

• 会かい議ぎの途と中ちゅうで中なか抜ぬけして、電でん話わをかけた。

  I stepped out of the meeting midway to make a phone call.

• パーティーを中なか抜ぬけして、コンビニに行いってくる。

  I'll slip out of the party for a bit and go to the convenience store.

noun

camera focusing error (on a space between two objects)

Technical photography term. Refers to the camera autofocus mistakenly focusing on the background between two subjects instead of on the subjects themselves. Related to 抜く (sense 15).

See also: 抜く (ぬく)

• 集しゅう合ごう写しゃ真しんで中なか抜ぬけが起おきて、人じん物ぶつがぼやけてしまった。

  A focusing error occurred in the group photo, and the people came out blurry.