抜ぬけ目め

noun

oversight; gap; careless mistake

Almost always used in the negative phrase 抜け目がない, meaning 'shrewd', 'calculating', or 'leaving no loophole'. Rarely used independently.

See also: 抜け目がない

• 彼かれは抜ぬけ目めがないから、契けい約やく書しょの細こまかい字じも必かならず読よむ。

  He is shrewd, so he always reads the fine print in contracts.

• あの商しょう人にんは抜ぬけ目めがなくて、値ね引びきには応おうじなかった。

  That merchant is sharp and wouldn't agree to a discount.