抜

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted

body from which the soul has left; corpse

Orig. meaning

shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

boning (fish or meat); deboning

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

taking the backbone out of; weakening

Usu. as 腑抜けた

to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

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)

to stick it out (until the end)

As 〜にうつつ...

to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)

to think thoroughly

to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot

to put one's foot through (the floor)

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness

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

hiring from another company; recruitment; scouting; headhunting

quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume)

drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

first thing after rising; as soon as getting up

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

to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated

a foolish or stupid look

to look stupid; to have a critical lack

to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers)

to cleanly forget

Card games

old maid (game)

Slang

living without one's mother-in-law

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

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)

Abbreviation

cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

Colloquial

clip (from a video); video clip

to uncork a bottle

degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; punching down (dough); emptying (an aerosol can)

letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off