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抜き書き (ぬきがき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
extract ; excerpt ; passage copied from a text
Refers to a passage or sentence copied from a book or document, often for reference or study. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to extract' or 'to copy out'.
重じゅう 要よう な 部ぶ 分ぶん を ノート に 抜ぬ き 書が き し た 。
I copied out the important parts into my notebook.
Written forms 抜ぬ き 書が き Usage 63%
抜ぬき 書が き Usage 21%
Variant without okurigana き.
抜ぬき 書がき Usage 17%
Kanji 抜 slip out, extract, pull out Similar words 引いん 用よう 引用 is a broader term for quotation or citation, while 抜き書き specifically refers to copying out a passage, often by hand.
抄しょう 録ろく 抄録 is a more formal term for an abstract or digest, often summarizing content, whereas 抜き書き is simply an extracted passage.
Etymology Compound of 抜き (nuki, 'extracting', from 抜く) and 書き (kaki, 'writing', from 書く). Literally 'extract writing'.
