(ばっすい)

ばっすい
noun, suru-verb
extract; excerpt; selection
1. extract; excerpt; selection; passage taken from a larger work
A portion selected from a longer text, document, speech, or other source. Also the act of selecting such a portion.
論文(ろんぶん)から重要(じゅうよう)部分(ぶぶん)抜粋(ばっすい)した。
I excerpted the important parts from the paper.
これは小説(しょうせつ)一部(いちぶ)抜粋(ばっすい)したものです。
This is an excerpt from a novel.
会議(かいぎ)議事録(ぎじろく)から関連(かんれん)する発言(はつげん)抜粋(ばっすい)して、報告書(ほうこくしょ)にまとめた。
I extracted relevant remarks from the meeting minutes and compiled them into a report.

USAGE:
抜粋(ばっすい) is used with する as a transitive suru-verb. The source takes から, and the selected content takes を.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 一部(いちぶ)抜粋(ばっすい)する (to excerpt a part)
  • 記事(きじ)抜粋(ばっすい) (excerpt from an article)
  • 抜粋(ばっすい)(ばん) (abridged edition)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 抜粋(ばっすい): excerpt, extract (formal, selecting from a text)
  • 引用(いんよう): quotation, citation (reproducing someone else's words with attribution)
  • 要約(ようやく): summary (condensing the overall content)