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〜抜きで・〜抜きには

without, leaving out

Noun + 抜きで / 抜きに / 抜きの · 抜きには + negative

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抜きで means leaving out something that would normally be included: 朝ご飯抜きで学校に行った, "I went to school without breakfast". 抜く means "to pull out".

At a restaurant, it's how you ask to leave out an ingredient: わさび抜きでお願いします, "no wasabi, please".

The set phrase 冗談抜きで means "joking aside, seriously".

抜きには with a negative stresses that something is essential: 彼抜きには、この計画は成功しなかった, "this plan wouldn't have succeeded without him". 堅い話は抜きにして means "let's skip the serious talk".

It's close to なしで, but 抜き suggests removing something that's usually there.

Examples

  • 朝あさご飯はん抜ぬきで、学校がっこうに行いった。

    I went to school without breakfast.

  • 冗談じょうだん抜ぬきで、本当ほんとうに困こまっているんです。

    Joking aside, I'm really in trouble.

  • わさび抜ぬきでお願ねがいします。

    No wasabi, please.

  • 彼かれ抜ぬきには、この計画けいかくは成功せいこうしなかった。

    This plan wouldn't have succeeded without him.

  • 堅かたい話はなしは抜ぬきにして、楽たのしみましょう。

    Let's skip the serious talk and just have fun.

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