Grammar
N2 particle

Without 〜ぬきで / 〜ぬきに

Meaning

"Without ~", "leaving out ~".

Formation

Notes

Removes something that would normally be included — わさびぬきで, 冗談はぬきにして. In the frame 〜ぬきには〜ない it says the thing was indispensable.

Examples

Without wasabi, please.

Breakdown
wasabi without please

Joking aside, let us talk seriously.

Breakdown
jokes setting aside seriously let us talk

I left this morning without breakfast.

Breakdown
this morning breakfast without went out

Without his cooperation we would not have succeeded.

Breakdown
cooperation without did not succeed

Let us meet informally, without any ceremony.

Breakdown
formality without casually let us gather

⚠️ Often confused with

Polite negative copula ではありません

The polite negative of です — "is not / am not / are not". ではありません is formal; じゃ...

Without doing 〜ずに

"Without doing ~" — the written and formal equivalent of 〜ないで.