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型抜き (かたぬき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

型かた抜ぬき

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold

Refers to the process of cutting or shaping material using a die, cutter, or mold. Often used in manufacturing, crafts, and cooking.

この工こう場じょうでは金きん属ぞくの型かた抜ぬきを行おこなっている。
This factory performs metal die cutting.
クッキー生き地じ

を

型かた

抜ぬ

き

する

。

I cut out the cookie dough with a cutter.

2

noun

cookie cutter

usually written using kana alone

Specifically the tool used to cut shapes from dough. Often written in katakana as カタヌキ.

星ほし形がたのカタヌキでクッキーを作つくった。
I made cookies with a star-shaped cookie cutter.

Written forms

型かた抜ぬきUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling for both the process and the tool.
かたぬきUsage4%
カタヌキ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for the cookie cutter sense, matching usual-kana usage.

Kanji

型mould, type, model
抜slip out, extract, pull out

Similar words

抜ぬき型がた
抜き型 (nukigata) is a die or punch used in industrial cutting, while 型抜き (katanuki) can refer to the process or a simpler tool like a cookie cutter.

Etymology

Compound of 型 (kata, 'mold, form') and 抜き (nuki, 'removing, extracting'), from the verb 抜く (nuku, 'to pull out, extract'). The word describes the action of cutting or shaping by removing material with a form.