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引っぺがす (ひっぺがす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

引ひっぺがす

also: ひっぱがす

ひ

っ

ぺ

が

す

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

tear off; rip off; peel off

Forcefully remove something stuck or attached, often with a vigorous pulling motion. Colloquial and emphatic compared to 剥がす.

壁かべに貼はってあるポスターを引ひっぺがした。
I tore the poster off the wall.
シールを引ひっぺがすの

に

苦く

労ろう

し

た

。

I had trouble peeling off the sticker.

Written forms

引ひっぺがすUsage18%
Common colloquial spelling with small っ and ぺ.
ひっぺがすUsage45%
ひっぱがすUsage32%
引ひっぱがすUsage5%
Kana spelling for the ひっぱがす reading.
引っ剥がす
- ひっぱがす
  Kanji spelling using 剥; reading ひっぱがす is common for this form.
- ひっぺがす
引っ剝がす
- ひっぱがす
  Rare variant using 剝 (kyūjitai of 剥).
- ひっぺがす

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
剝come off, peel, fade
剥come off, peel, fade

Similar words

剥はがす
剥がす is the standard, neutral verb for peeling or tearing off. 引っぺがす adds a colloquial, forceful nuance.

Etymology

Compound of 引っ (emphatic prefix from 引く) + 剥がす (to peel off). The ぺ sound is a colloquial emphatic shift from は.