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裸

はだか

naked body, nakedness; bare, with nothing on

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Examples

  1. その男の子は上半身裸だった。

    そのおとこのこはじょうはんしんはだかだった。

    The boy was naked from the waist up.

  2. 赤ちゃんを裸にしてお風呂に入れます。

    あかちゃんをはだかにしておふろにいれます。

    I undress the baby and put him in the bath.

  3. 冬に裸で外へ出ると風邪をひきますよ。

    ふゆにはだかでそとへでるとかぜをひきますよ。

    If you go outside undressed in winter you'll catch a cold.

Common patterns

裸になる
to get undressed
裸足
barefoot
裸で寝る
to sleep with nothing on

Memory tip

The 衤 radical on the left is "clothing" — the kanji shows clothing with 里 stripped through it. 裸足 (はだし) keeps the same root for bare feet.

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