抜ぬく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

pull out; remove; unplug; weed

Core physical use: take something out of where it is fixed, inserted, growing, or mixed in. Also covers removing an unwanted thing, such as weeds or a plug.

• 歯は医い者しゃで親おや知しらずを抜ぬいた。

  I had a wisdom tooth pulled at the dentist.

• 使つかわないときはコンセントを抜ぬいてください。

  Please unplug it when you are not using it.

• 庭にわの雑ざっ草そうを抜ぬいた。

  I pulled the weeds in the garden.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

omit; leave out; skip; go without

Used when deliberately leaving something out of a list, procedure, meal, or usual routine. Common with 朝食, 手順, 名前, and similar nouns.

• 時じ間かんがなくて朝ちょう食しょくを抜ぬいた。

  I skipped breakfast because I had no time.

• この手て順じゅんは抜ぬかないでください。

  Please do not leave out this step.

suffix, godan verb (-ku)

do to the end; do thoroughly; do completely

Suffix after the masu-stem of a verb, as in やり抜く, 生き抜く, 走り抜く. It stresses carrying an action through to the end, often despite difficulty.

• 彼かの女じょは最さい後ごまで走はしり抜ぬいた。

  She ran all the way to the end.

• どんなに大たい変へんでも、この仕し事ごとをやり抜ぬくつもりだ。

  No matter how hard it is, I intend to see this job through.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

let out; drain; empty

Used for releasing or draining something contained inside, especially air, water, or liquid.

• 風ふ呂ろの水みずを抜ぬいておいて。

  Drain the bathwater for me.

• タイヤの空くう気きを少すこし抜ぬいた。

  I let a little air out of the tire.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

pick out; select; extract

Focuses on choosing or extracting a particular item or portion from a larger set. It overlaps with the physical idea of pulling something out, but the selection aspect is central.

• 山やま札ふだからカードを一いち枚まい抜ぬいてください。

  Please draw one card from the deck.

• 必ひつ要ような部ぶ分ぶんだけを資し料りょうから抜ぬいた。

  I extracted only the necessary parts from the materials.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

pilfer; steal; skim

Colloquial use for secretly taking money or goods, often a little at a time or from within an organization or place.

• 彼かれはレジの金かねを抜ぬいていた。

  He had been stealing money from the register.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

overtake; pass; outstrip; get ahead of

Used for passing someone or something in a race, ranking, competition, or comparison.

• 最さい後ごの直ちょく線せんで前まえの選せん手しゅを抜ぬいた。

  I passed the runner ahead of me on the final straight.

• 売うり上あげでライバル会社がいしゃを抜ぬいた。

  We overtook our rival company in sales.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

pierce; break through; go through

Describes something passing through or piercing a barrier. This meaning may also be written 貫く, but 貫く is usually encountered separately as つらぬく in modern Japanese.

• 銃じゅう弾だんが薄うすい壁かべを抜ぬいた。

  The bullet went through the thin wall.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

cut out a shape; reverse out a pattern

Used in crafts, cooking, design, dyeing, or printing when cutting out a shape or making a pattern stand out by leaving or making the surrounding area different.

• クッキー生き地じを星ほし形がたに抜ぬく。

  Cut the cookie dough into star shapes.

• 藍あい染ぞめで模も様ようを白しろく抜ぬく。

  Create the pattern in white in indigo dyeing.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

seize; capture; reduce a fortress

Rare historical or literary use, especially for capturing or taking a stronghold. Modern ordinary Japanese usually uses words such as 落とす or 攻め落とす for this meaning.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいを描えがく文ぶん章しょうでは、「城しろを抜ぬく」が城しろを攻こう略りゃくする意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In writing about the Warring States period, 城を抜く is sometimes used to mean capturing a castle.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

scoop a story

Journalism jargon for getting or reporting a story before competitors. This is a specialized extension of 'getting ahead of' others.

• その記き者しゃは特とくダネを抜ぬいた。

  That reporter got a scoop.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

capture stones in go

Go terminology: to take an opponent's stones off the board by surrounding them.

• 白しろは黒くろの石いしを三みっつ抜ぬいた。

  White captured three of Black's stones.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

masturbate; ejaculate while masturbating

Vulgar slang, usually of a male. The object is often omitted in actual use.

• 彼かれはAVを見みて抜ぬいた。

  He masturbated while watching porn.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

film; record on camera; pick out in a shot

Slang or media-production jargon for a camera capturing or singling out a person or scene in a photo or video.

• カメラが客きゃく席せきの親おや子こを抜ぬいた。

  The camera picked out a parent and child in the audience.