GRAMMAR DETAIL

〜抜きで

without · leaving out

Indicates the deliberate exclusion of a topic or item that might otherwise be included.

Examples

今日は仕事の話は抜きで、ゆっくり食事をしよう。

Let us have a leisurely meal today without talking about work.

今日は難しい話は抜きで楽しもう。

Let us have fun today without getting into anything difficult.

Structure: 抜きで（ぬきで） follows a noun to describe deliberately excluding a possible item or topic.
Basic usage: 今日は仕事の話は抜きで、ゆっくり食事をしよう。 suggests leaving work talk out of the meal.

Highlighting the excluded topic with wa
- 仕事の話抜きで食事をする describes a meal without work talk, while 仕事の話は抜きで食事をする singles that topic out for exclusion. は foregrounds what is to be left out.
No before a following noun
- 冗談抜きの話 is a noun phrase for a serious, joke-free discussion. 冗談抜きで話す describes speaking without joking, so the connection differs before a noun and a verb.