抜き出す・ぬき出す|ぬきだすnukidasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
抜き出す抜き出す is the more common kanji-and-kana written form and the one learners should choose when writing this word.
ぬき出すぬき出す is a less common kanji-and-kana written form; it is an alternative spelling, but not the first choice for beginners.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto pick out; to single out; to select
- godan verb, transitive verbto extract; to draw out; to pull out; to distill
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 抜き出す（ぬきだす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 抜き出します（ぬきだします） |
| Negative (nai) | 抜き出さない（ぬきださない） |
| polite (masen) | 抜き出しません（ぬきだしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 抜き出さず・抜き出さぬ（ぬきださず・ぬきださぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 抜き出した（ぬきだした） |
| polite (mashita) | 抜き出しました（ぬきだしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 抜き出さなかった（ぬきださなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 抜き出しませんでした（ぬきだしませんでした） |
| Te form | 抜き出して（ぬきだして） |
| Potential | 抜き出せる（ぬきだせる） |
| Passive | 抜き出される（ぬきだされる） |
| Causative | 抜き出させる（ぬきださせる） |
| Causative passive | 抜き出させられる（ぬきださせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 抜き出せば（ぬきだせば） |
| tara | 抜き出したら（ぬきだしたら） |
| Volitional | 抜き出そう（ぬきだそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 抜き出しましょう（ぬきだしましょう） |
| Imperative | 抜き出せ（ぬきだせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym抜き取るぬきとるNeutralPulling something out and taking it away; also sampling or pilfering contents. 「抜き出す」 focuses on picking out from among things.
- Synonym摘出てきしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Extracting the parts you need from a text or data; also surgical removal, as in 「腫瘍を摘出する」. Close to 「抜き出す」 in its picking-out sense.
- Synonym取り出すとりだすNeutralTaking something out from inside; the most general choice, as in 「財布を取り出す」.
- Synonym引き出すひきだすNeutralPulling or drawing out; also withdrawing money or drawing out potential, as in 「才能を引き出す」.
- Related引き抜くひきぬくNeutralPulling out; also poaching talent, as in 「選手を引き抜く」. Extraction rather than picking out.
- Related抜き去るぬきさるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Overtaking a car or runner, or pulling something out and removing it completely; leans toward the overtaking sense.
- Related抜くぬくNeutralThe most general term: pulling out or removing, also omitting; covers the widest range of uses.
- Related引っ張り出すひっぱりだすCasualColloquial. Dragging something out by force, or pulling a person out into the open, as in 「表舞台に引っ張り出す」.
- Related引きずり出すひきずりだすCasualColloquial. Dragging someone out by force, as in 「犯人を引きずり出す」.
- Related引っこ抜くひっこぬくCasualColloquial. Yanking something out with force; also used for poaching. Rougher than 「引き抜く」.
- Relatedひん抜くひんぬくCasualColloquial. Uprooting; uncommon, and cruder than 「引っこ抜く」.
- Related切り抜くきりぬくNeutralCutting out a portion, as in 「記事を切り抜く」; mainly for clipping newspaper articles.
- Relatedつかみ出すつかみだすCasualColloquial. Grabbing a handful and taking it out, or seizing someone and throwing them out.
- Related扱ぐこぐCasualColloquial. Uprooting; also written 「扱く」; rarely used.
- Antonym加えるくわえるNeutralAdding something on — the opposite of 「抜き出す」's taking out and removing.
- Antonym挿入するWrittenWritten/formal prose. Inserting something — the opposite of 「抜き出す」's extracting.
Use 「抜き出す」 for picking out or excerpting a part from a larger whole, as in 「要点を抜き出す」. For simply taking something out from inside, 「取り出す」 is the most general choice. For pulling out or uprooting, use 「抜く」 or 「引き抜く」. To add instead, say 「加える」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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