Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 剥ぐ · godan verb (-gu)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 剥は ぐ 剥は がない Polite 剥は ぎます 剥は ぎません Past polite 剥は ぎました 剥は ぎませんでした Past 剥は いだ 剥は がなかった Te-form 剥は いで 剥は がないで Desire 剥は ぎたい 剥は ぎたくない Potential 剥は げる 剥は げない Passive 剥は がれる 剥は がれない Causative 剥は がせる 剥は がせない Causative passive 剥は がせられる also 剥は がされる 剥は がせられない also 剥は がされない Volitional 剥は ごう Polite volitional 剥は ぎましょう Imperative 剥は げ 剥は ぐな Conditional 剥は げば 剥は がなければ Tara conditional 剥は いだら 剥は がなかったら
Pairs with 剥げる › Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 の 皮かわ を 剥は ぐ to skin/strip the outer covering off something
The hunter skinned the rabbit.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 〈 物もの 〉 を 剥は ぐ to strip someone of something (clothing, status, rank)
The king stripped the traitor of his rank.
Transitive / intransitive 剥げる is the intransitive partner of 剥ぐ , describing a surface or coating coming off on its own rather than being peeled off by someone.
剥げる (へげる ) is the intransitive counterpart to the へぐ reading of 剥ぐ , describing something coming off by itself rather than being stripped off.
Related words 剥がす usually describes a cleaner, more controlled removal of something stuck on, while 剥ぐ suggests a rougher, more forceful stripping away.
奪う is the general word for forcibly taking something away (money, freedom, life), while 剥ぐ in its figurative sense specifically evokes stripping someone of rank or dignity, often with humiliation.
剥ぐ describes forcibly stripping off a covering such as skin, bark, or clothing, while 剥く is the neutral, everyday word for peeling fruit, vegetables, or shells.
剥ぐ suggests forcibly stripping off clothing or skin, whereas 脱がす is the neutral verb for removing another person's clothes.
剥ぐ means to forcefully strip or peel off a covering such as skin or bark, whereas 捲る (めくる ) is used more broadly for flipping or tearing off flat things like blankets or paper.
Opposites 被せる means to put a cover or layer over something, the opposite action of 剥ぐ , which strips a layer off.
与える means to grant or bestow something (like status or rights), the opposite of 剥ぐ in its figurative sense of depriving someone of such things.
Don't confuse with 剥く is used for neatly peeling a skin off fruit or vegetables with a blade, whereas 剥ぐ implies a rougher, often forceful tearing away of a covering or skin.
剥ぐ means to strip or peel off an outer covering (like skin or bark), whereas 削ぐ means to slice or shave off a thin piece with a blade, often to shape or sharpen something.
Word family thread-sail filefish · skinning; stripping bark; skinner; barker
tearing off; stripping off; ripping off
tear off; strip off; rip off; scrape off · rob of; divest of; strip of
tear off; rip off; strip off
tear off; rip off; strip off
removing weather stripping in spring
Written forms 剥ぐ Usage 28% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
はぐ Usage 40%
剝ぐ Usage 30% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
rarely-used kanji form
へぐ Usage 2%
Rare reading; may appear in some dialects or older texts.
折ぐ
Etymology The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 剥 is conventionally associated with peeling or stripping.
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