抜

to pick out; to single out; to select

to extract; to draw out; to pull out; to distill

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

Orig. meaning

solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to uproot

to headhunt; to lure away; to poach; to entice

to slip out; to steal out

to excel; to stand out

to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded

to unsheathe

to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game

to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top

Common noun

atrium; well (in building); vault

Common noun; Noun or verb acting prenominally

blow-by; blow-bye; blowout

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

drafty; draughty

Idiomatic expression

to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound; to take (someone) aback; to boggle the mind (of someone)

to pierce; to go through; to bore into; to dig through

to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one

to carry out (to completion)

to be preeminent; to be outstanding

to fight to the bitter end

to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to pierce; to perforate; to bore into

to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin)

to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one

to carry out (to completion)

to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above; to tower above the rest

boning (fish or meat); deboning

watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; emasculation

taking the backbone out of; weakening

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

bottomless (bucket, etc.)

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; extreme; uninhibited

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

imprudent; indiscreet; undisciplined; careless

Abbreviation

extremely heavy drinker

Finance

freefall (of a market)

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

secret passage; underground passage

loophole

hole one can go through; opening

letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.

omission; slip; error; fault

definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound); flow

extract; excerpt; selection

to make a mistake

drawing one's sword