How to say "extract" in Japanese

• 引き抜くひきぬくCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbTo extract by pulling something out of where it is fixed — a tooth, a nail, a plant with its roots, a person from a job. Emphasizes drawing the whole thing out forcibly.
  歯科医しかいは彼女かのじょの虫歯むしばを引き抜ひきぬいた。↗

  The dentist pulled out her bad tooth.
• 抜くぬくJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe general verb for pulling out or extracting something physical, including unplugging. Broader and plainer than 引き抜く; the usual choice when simply removing something from within something else.
  歯医者はいしゃに行いってその歯はを抜ぬいてもらった方ほうがよいですね。↗

  You had better go to the dentist to have that tooth pulled out.
• エキスCommon
  nounA concentrated extract of plants, meat, or similar, taken as a substance — the culinary or chemical product rather than an action. Usually written in kana alone.
  樹皮じゅひからエキスを抽出ちゅうしゅつする。↗

  Extract an essence from the bark of a tree.
• 抜粋ばっすいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAn extract or excerpt in the textual sense: a passage selected from a longer written work. The word you want for 'extract' meaning a quotation or selected portion of text.
  彼かれはその詩しから一節いっせつを抜粋ばっすいした。↗

  He extracted a passage from the poem.
• エッセンスCommon
  nounPrimarily means 'essence'; its 'extract' sense covers concentrated essences of the エキス type. For the concentrate itself エキス is usually the more direct word; this loanword stresses the essential character.

For physical pulling out use 「引き抜く」 or 「抜く」, for a concentrated substance use 「エキス」, and for a passage taken from a text use 抜粋; 「エッセンス」 covers 'extract' only in the sense of essence.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 引き抜くひきぬくto extract
• 抜くぬくto pull out
• エキスextract (of plants, meat, etc.)
• 抜粋ばっすいextract
• エッセンスessence
• 抜き取るぬきとるto pull out
• 吸い上げるすいあげるto suck up
• 引っこ抜くひっこぬくto extract
• 切り抜くきりぬくto cut out
• 抄しょうexcerpt
• 抜き書きぬきがきextract
• 書き抜くかきぬくto extract (e.g. a passage from a book)
• 書き抜きかきぬきextract
• 抽出物ちゅうしゅつぶつextract (from)
• エキス剤エキスざいextract
• エキストラクトextract
• しぼるto squeeze (fruit to extract juice)
• 書き出すかきだすto extract (and write down)
• 抜き出すぬきだすto extract
• 採るとるto extract (e.g. juice)
• 抜き去るぬきさるto pull out
• 絡め取るからめとるto brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque)
• アブストラクトabstract (e.g. of a paper)
• ひらくto extract (root)
• 取るとるto pick (e.g. flowers)
• 引き出すひきだすto bring out (talent, potential, beauty, flavour, etc.)