片かた肌はだ

noun

bare shoulder; one shoulder exposed

Refers to a shoulder left uncovered, often in the context of clothing slipping off or being deliberately bared. Commonly appears in set phrases like 片肌脱ぐ (to lend a hand, literally 'to bare one shoulder').

• 浴衣ゆかたの片かた肌はだがはだけていた。

  One shoulder of her yukata was slipped off.

• 彼かれは片かた肌はだ脱ぬいで仕し事ごとを手伝てつだった。

  He pitched in and helped with the work (literally, bared one shoulder).