N3 — outside your level filter

抜ぬきで

ぬきでnuki deN3neutral

抜ぬきで

without X; leaving X out

今日きょうは冗談じょうだん抜ぬきで話はなそう。

kyou wa joudan nuki de hanasou.

Let's talk without jokes today. casual

朝食ちょうしょく抜ぬきで出でかけたので、もうお腹なかがすいた。

choushoku nuki de dekaketa node, mou onaka ga suita.

I left without breakfast, so I'm already hungry. neutral

〜抜ぬきで
〜抜ぬきにしてcolloquial

Same meaning14

only; nothing but

ばかりnothing but; only everattaches at
ばかりでなくnot only ... (but also)attaches at
だけonly; justattaches at
だけでなくnot only ... (but also)attaches at
でしかないis nothing but; amounts to no more thanattaches at
以外いがいother than; except forattaches at
に限かぎってof all times/people — ironic bad luck, or a total denialattaches at
に過すぎないis no more than; merelyattaches at
のみonly; nothing but (written)attaches at
を除のぞいてwith the exception of; excludingattaches at
さえeven N (weaker cases hold too)attaches at
さえ〜ばif only ...; all it takes is ...attaches at
しか〜ないnothing but; no more than (with negative)attaches at
てばかりいるdoes nothing but do X (habitual excess, disapproving)attaches at

All examples3

without N; leaving N out — something normally expected is missing

今日きょうは冗談じょうだん抜ぬきで話はなそう。
kyou wa joudan nuki de hanasou.
Let's talk without jokes today. casual
朝食ちょうしょく抜ぬきで出でかけたので、もうお腹なかがすいた。
choushoku nuki de dekaketa node, mou onaka ga suita.
I left without breakfast, so I'm already hungry. neutral
前置まえおき抜ぬきで、本題ほんだいに入はいらせていただきます。
maeoki nuki de, hondai ni hairasete itadakimasu.
Without further preamble, allow me to get straight to the main topic. formal

How it's formed1

All forms1

抜ぬきにしてnukinishitecolloquial
にして turns the omission into a clear announcement (冗談じょうだんは抜ぬきにして、真剣しんけんな話はなしをしよう). Often used to open a change of topic.