Meaning

Primary

To Extract

Alternative

To Pull Something Out

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

You know 抜く means "to extract" and 出す means "to remove," so this word means to extract or to pull something out.

More specifically, 抜き出す means to pull something out from a larger set of something. For example, this could mean taking a single bill out of your wallet, or selecting specific data from a large dataset.

Reading

ぬきだす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are from 抜く and 出す, combined together. Know those two and you'll be able to read this word as well.

Context

Context Sentences

彼は背広から銃をそっと抜き出した。

He secretly started to pull a gun out of his business suit.

Kanji Composition