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皮 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 皮 意味

pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)

皮 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

かわ kawa

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ヒ hi

Examples

私は林檎の皮をむくことができる。I can peel an apple.
動物の皮は毛でおおわれている。The skin of animals is covered with hair.
ぎょうざの具のあまりは?餃子を家で作りましたが、皮が少なかったせいか、具が少し余ってしまいました。Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn’t have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
あいつは羊の皮をかぶったおおかみだ。He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
少年は木の皮をはいだ。The boy stripped a tree of the bark.
人造皮革は本物の皮にかなわない。Artificial leather can’t compare with the real thing.
美はただ皮一枚。Beauty is only skin deep.
彼らは木の皮を剥いだ。They stripped the tree of its bark.
妹は豆の皮をむいた。My sister shelled the beans.
モモの皮は傷みやすい。The skin of peaches bruises easily.

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