手て抜ぬき

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

cutting corners; skimping; omitting steps

Refers to deliberately skipping necessary steps or effort, often with a negative connotation of laziness or carelessness. Common in work, cooking, and study contexts.

• 工こう事じで手て抜ぬきが見みつかって、大だい問もん題だいになった。

  Cutting corners was discovered in the construction work, and it became a big problem.

• 料りょう理りの手て抜ぬきをして、味あじが落おちた。

  I cut corners in cooking, and the taste suffered.

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

intentional negligence

A more formal or legal-sounding nuance, emphasizing willful neglect rather than mere laziness. Often used in contexts of responsibility or duty.

• 安あん全ぜん管かん理りに手て抜ぬきがあったと指し摘てきされた。

  It was pointed out that there was intentional negligence in safety management.

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

tenuki; playing elsewhere (in Go)

A Go term for making a move away from the local fight, ignoring the opponent's last move to take initiative elsewhere. Used as a noun or intransitive suru verb.

• プロの対たい局きょくでは、思おもい切きった手て抜ぬきが勝しょう負ぶを決きめることもある。

  In professional games, a bold tenuki can sometimes decide the match.