脱だっ皮ぴ

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脱皮する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

molting; shedding skin; ecdysis

Biological term for animals shedding their outer layer, such as skin, shell, or exoskeleton.

breaking free; casting off; shedding (old self)

Figurative use: freeing oneself from a past role, convention, or outdated mindset. Often implies personal growth or transformation.

〈動どう物ぶつ〉が脱だっ皮ぴするfor an animal to molt/shed its skin
ヘビは成せい長ちょうするにつれて何なん度ども脱だっ皮ぴする。
Snakes molt many times as they grow.
〈事こと〉から脱だっ皮ぴするto break free from (an old way, convention, image)
会かい社しゃは古ふるい体たい質しつから脱だっ皮ぴしようとしている。
The company is trying to shed its old corporate culture.

変へん態たい sense 1
変態 refers to a complete change in form (e.g., caterpillar to butterfly), while 脱皮 is specifically the shedding of an outer layer such as skin or shell, which can happen repeatedly during growth.
脱だっ却きゃく sense 2
脱却 is used for breaking free from abstract negatives like poverty or bad habits, whereas 脱皮 in its figurative sense emphasizes personal growth or transformation into a new self.

脱だつ毛もう sense 1
脱毛 means hair removal or hair loss, while 脱皮 means shedding skin or an outer layer, so despite the shared 脱 prefix they refer to very different bodily processes.

A Sino-Japanese compound of 脱 “shed” and 皮 “skin.” The reading だっぴ reflects gemination at the boundary between だつ and ひ.