抜き取る|ぬきとるnukitoru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto pull out; to draw out; to extract; to remove
- godan verb, transitive verbto pick out; to take (a sample)
- godan verb, transitive verbto steal (the contents of something); to pilfer; to pickpocket
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 抜き取る（ぬきとる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 抜き取ります（ぬきとります） |
| Negative (nai) | 抜き取らない（ぬきとらない） |
| polite (masen) | 抜き取りません（ぬきとりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 抜き取らず・抜き取らぬ（ぬきとらず・ぬきとらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 抜き取った（ぬきとった） |
| polite (mashita) | 抜き取りました（ぬきとりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 抜き取らなかった（ぬきとらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 抜き取りませんでした（ぬきとりませんでした） |
| Te form | 抜き取って（ぬきとって） |
| Potential | 抜き取れる（ぬきとれる） |
| Passive | 抜き取られる（ぬきとられる） |
| Causative | 抜き取らせる（ぬきとらせる） |
| Causative passive | 抜き取らせられる・抜き取らされる（ぬきとらせられる・ぬきとらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 抜き取れば（ぬきとれば） |
| tara | 抜き取ったら（ぬきとったら） |
| Volitional | 抜き取ろう（ぬきとろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 抜き取りましょう（ぬきとりましょう） |
| Imperative | 抜き取れ（ぬきとれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym引き抜くひきぬくNeutralPulls out with force; also poaches people from other organizations. Focuses on the pulling motion, while 「抜き取る」 takes a part from within or steals contents.
- Synonym取り出すとりだすNeutralThe most ordinary word for taking something out from inside; does not stress extracting a portion or stealing.
- Synonym抜き出すぬきだすNeutralPicks out or extracts from within, stressing selection; lacks the stealing nuance of 「抜き取る」.
- Synonym引き出すひきだすNeutralPulls or draws out, and widely covers drawing out talent or withdrawing money.
- Synonym引っこ抜くひっこぬくCasualA colloquial, emphatic version of 「引き抜く」: uproots or poaches. More forceful and rough than 「抜き取る」.
- Synonymひん抜くひんぬくCasualUproots something; rare even in speech and rougher in tone than 「抜き取る」, with no nuance of stealing.
- Related抜くぬくNeutralThe broadest term: pulls out or removes, and also means to omit or surpass. 「抜き取る」 focuses on taking a part away, sampling, or stealing.
- Related摘出てきしゅつWrittenA noun for surgically removing a diseased part or picking something out; medical and written/formal usage.
- Related引っ張り出すひっぱりだすNeutralDrags something out by force, including pulling a person out of hiding; stresses the tugging process, not extracting a part.
- Related引きずり出すひきずりだすNeutralForcibly drags something out, with a rough nuance; typically said of dragging a person out the door — quite different from 「抜き取る」.
- Relatedつかみ出すつかみだすNeutralGrabs a handful and takes it out, or throws someone out; the focus is on seizing with the hand.
- Related切り抜くきりぬくNeutralCuts a section out, as in clipping a newspaper article or cutting shapes from cloth or board; stresses cutting, not extracting or stealing.
- Related扱ぐこぐNeutralPulls something up by the roots; rare in speech and mostly dialectal, with no nuance of stealing.
- Antonym差し込むさしこむNeutralAntonym: to insert or plug in; the everyday opposite of 「抜き取る」's pulling out.
- Antonym挿入するWrittenAntonym: to insert something in; a written/formal counterpart to 「抜き取る」's pulling out.
Use 「抜き取る」 for extracting a part from within, taking samples, or stealing contents. For pulling out in general, use 「抜く」 or 「引き抜く」; for simply taking something out from inside, 「取り出す」; for surgical removal, 「摘出」.
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