抜ぬき差さし

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

addition and deletion; insertion and removal

Refers to the act of adding or removing items, especially in contexts like editing, adjusting content, or managing components.

• 文ぶん章しょうの抜ぬき差さしをして、読よみやすくした。

  I made the text easier to read by adding and deleting parts.

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

taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging

Describes physically inserting and removing something, such as a plug, card, or component.

• USBメモリの抜ぬき差さしを繰くり返かえすと、端たん子しが傷いたむことがある。

  Repeatedly plugging and unplugging a USB drive can damage the connector.

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

making do; getting by; managing

Almost exclusively used in the fixed expressions 抜き差しならない or 抜き差しならぬ, meaning a situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; a tight spot with no way out. Not used freely as a standalone word for 'managing'.

See also: 抜き差しならない · 抜き差しならぬ

• 彼かれは抜ぬき差さしならない状じょう況きょうに追おい込こまれた。

  He was driven into a situation from which there was no escape.

• 抜ぬき差さしならぬ事じ情じょうで、会かい議ぎを欠けっ席せきした。

  Due to unavoidable circumstances, I was absent from the meeting.