中なか抜ぬき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

outlining; hollowing out

Used for creating outlines in fonts or physically removing the inside of something.

• このフォントは中なか抜ぬき文も字じでデザインされています。

  This font is designed with outlined characters.

• 大だい根こんの中なか抜ぬきをして、詰つめ物ものをします。

  Hollow out the daikon radish and stuff it.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

cutting out the middleman; dealing directly

Refers to eliminating intermediaries in business or transactions.

• 中なか抜ぬきの取とり引ひきでコストを削さく減げんしました。

  We reduced costs by dealing directly without middlemen.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

skinning the cat

Gymnastics term for pulling oneself up and over a bar.

• 体たい操そうの練れん習しゅうで中なか抜ぬきを何なん度ども繰くり返かえした。

  I practiced skinning the cat over and over in gymnastics training.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

subcontracting with a kickback

Colloquial term for passing work to a subcontractor while taking a cut.

• あの会かい社しゃは中なか抜ぬきで儲もうけているらしい。

  That company seems to make money by subcontracting and taking kickbacks.