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    3. 剥ぐ

    剥ぐ

    剥はぐ​

    to tear off

    N1KMT9CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    剝ぐ折ぐ

    はぐへぐ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark
    2.
    to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of

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    彼かれは壁かべからポスターを剥はいだ。

    He peeled the poster off the wall.

    KMT6Daily Life
    彼かの女じょは古ふるくなった壁かべ紙がみを剥はぐ作さ業ぎょうに取とり掛かかった。

    She started the task of stripping off the old wallpaper.

    KMT8Daily LifeHome & Housing
    泥どろ棒ぼうは金きん庫この扉とびらを力ちからずくで剥はごうとした。

    The thief tried to forcibly tear off the safe's door.

    KMT9Daily Life
    彼かれはその男おとこから全すべての財ざい産さんを剥はぎ取とった。

    He stripped the man of all his property.

    KMT9Daily LifePolitics & Law
    猟りょう師しは獲え物ものの皮かわを剥はぐのが得とく意いだ。

    The hunter is skilled at skinning his prey.

    KMT9Daily LifeAnimals

    Characters that make up this word

    剥
    へ.ぐ・へず.る・む.く・む.ける・は.がれる・は.ぐ…(4)
    come off・peel・fade・discolor
    Kanji
    ぐ
    gu
    Kana
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