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    〜抜きで (~nuki de) — without / leaving ~ out

    With that deliberately taken out — 「わさび抜きで」= without wasabi.

    Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

    N N + 抜きで/抜きに
    N N + は/を + 抜きにして
    N N + 抜きの + N

    Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

    When to use it

    • Ordering sushi: 「わさび抜きでお願いします」(without wasabi, please) — the most everyday use of 「抜き」.
    • At the office party: 「今日は仕事の話は抜きにして、楽しく飲みましょう」(let us leave work talk out today and enjoy the drinks).
    • To a friend: 「お世辞抜きに、君の日本語はうまいよ」(no flattery — your Japanese is good).

    Meaning

    • 「抜く」= to pull out, remove; 「N抜きで」= with that deliberately taken out, without it.
    • 「冗談抜きで」= no joke, seriously.

    How to attach

    • N + 抜きで/抜きに
    • N + は/を + 抜きにして
    • Before a noun: N抜きのN (わさび抜きの寿司)

    Versus what you know

    • N4「〜なしで」: 「砂糖なしで」= there is no sugar (a state); 「砂糖抜きで」= sugar taken out (deliberately removed).
    • So for orders and 'let us leave X out', 抜き is the one.
    • 「〜を抜きにしては…ない」(impossible without it) is a different form — it has its own page.

    Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

    わさび抜きでお願いします。

    わさびぬきでおねがいします。

    Without wasabi, please.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) わさび = wasabi → 「抜きで」 directly = with that taken out → then the order: お願いします.

    今日は仕事の話は抜きにして、楽しく飲みましょう。

    きょうはしごとのはなしはぬきにして、たのしくのみましょう。

    Let's leave work talk out of it today and enjoy our drinks.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 仕事の話 = work talk → 「は抜きにして」 = leaving that out → then what to do: 楽しく飲みましょう.

    冗談抜きで、この店のラーメンは日本一だと思う。

    じょうだんぬきで、このみせのラーメンはにっぽんいちだとおもう。

    No joke, I think this shop's ramen is the best in Japan.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 冗談 = joking → 「抜きで」 = with the joking taken out, seriously → then what I truly think: 日本一だと思う.

    Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

    Question: 1/3

    「コーヒー、砂糖_でお願いします。」— fill the blank.

    💡 Hint: The form that attaches straight to a noun.

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