noun, takes genitive case の

  1. boning (fish or meat), deboning.
  2. watering down (a plan, bill, etc.), dilution, emasculation.
  3. taking the backbone out of, weakening.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
骨抜き ほねぬき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

skeleton, bone, remains
ほね コツ (6th, N2)
cut flesh from bones(剮) variant
カ ケ わ.ける
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
slip out, extract, pull out
ぬ.く バツ ぬき (7th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
friend
とも ユウ う (2nd, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)