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剥く

剝く

Reading

Kana: むく
Romaji: muku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5k
vt
1

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

Kanji

剥
Readings: ハク、 ホク、 へ.ぐ、 へず.る、 む.く、 む.ける、 は.がれる、 は.ぐ、 は.げる、 は.がす
Meanings: come off, peel, fade, discolor

Example Sentences

妹(いもうと)は豆(まめ)の皮(かわ)をむいた。
➥My sister shelled the beans.
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文明人(ぶんめいじん)も一皮(ひとかわ)むけば野蛮人(やばんじん)。
➥Scratch a Russian and find a Tartar.
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彼(かれ)は転(ころ)んでひざをすりむいた。
➥He scraped his knee in a fall.
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オレンジをむいてあげよう。
➥I'll peel an orange for you.
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彼女(かのじょ)が白目(しろめ)をむいています。
➥Her eyes are rolled back.
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私(わたし)は林檎(りんご)の皮(かわ)をむくことができる。
➥I can peel an apple.
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剥ぐ

折ぐ

Readings

Kana: はぐ、へぐ
Romaji: hagu, hegu
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v5g
vt
1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to bark; to disrobe

2

to strip of (e.g. clothes, rank); to deprive of; to divest

Kanji

剥
Readings: ハク、 ホク、 へ.ぐ、 へず.る、 む.く、 む.ける、 は.がれる、 は.ぐ、 は.げる、 は.がす
Meanings: come off, peel, fade, discolor
折
Readings: セツ、 お.る、 おり、 お.り、 -お.り、 お.れる
Meanings: fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)らは木(き)の皮(かわ)を剥(む)いだ。
➥They stripped the tree of its bark.
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彼(かれ)の化(ば)けの皮(かわ)をはごうとしたが、むりだった。
➥I tried in vain to catch him out.
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少年(しょうねん)は木(き)の皮(かわ)をはいだ。
➥The boy stripped a tree of the bark.
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