N21515/1725

剥はがす

irregular okuriganararely used kanji formusually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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はがす

Meanings

to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect

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Example sentences

シールを剥はがす。

I peel off a sticker.

壁かべに貼はったポスターをきれいに剥はがした。

I cleanly peeled off the poster that was stuck on the wall.

このテープは剥はがしにくくて困こまっている。

I'm having trouble because this tape is hard to peel off.

古ふるい壁紙かべがみを剥はがさないと、新あたらしいものを貼はることができない。

Unless you strip off the old wallpaper, you cannot put up a new one.

証拠隠滅しょうこいんめつのため、犯人はんにんは壁かべに貼はられていたメモを剥はがして持もち去さったとされている。

It is alleged that the suspect tore off and took away the memo that had been posted on the wall in order to destroy evidence.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)