脱ぬぐ

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脱ぐ · godan verb (-gu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	脱ぬぐ	脱ぬがない
Polite	脱ぬぎます	脱ぬぎません
Past polite	脱ぬぎました	脱ぬぎませんでした
Past	脱ぬいだ	脱ぬがなかった
Te-form	脱ぬいで	脱ぬがないで
Desire	脱ぬぎたい	脱ぬぎたくない
Potential	脱ぬげる	脱ぬげない
Passive	脱ぬがれる	脱ぬがれない
Causative	脱ぬがせる	脱ぬがせない
Causative passive	脱ぬがせられるalso 脱ぬがされる	脱ぬがせられないalso 脱ぬがされない
Volitional	脱ぬごう
Polite volitional	脱ぬぎましょう
Imperative	脱ぬげ	脱ぬぐな
Conditional	脱ぬげば	脱ぬがなければ
Tara conditional	脱ぬいだら	脱ぬがなかったら

Pairs with脱げる

Meanings

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

take off; remove; undress

Used for removing clothing, shoes, hats, gloves, and similar items worn on the body. The object is the item removed, not the body part.

家いえに入はいるとき、靴くつを脱ぬいでください。
Please take off your shoes when you enter the house.
暑あつかったので、上うわ着ぎを脱ぬいだ。
It was hot, so I took off my jacket.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を脱ぬいで〈場ば所しょ〉に上あがるto take off one's shoes and step up into a place
玄げん関かんで靴くつを脱ぬいで家いえに上あがった。
I took off my shoes at the entrance and stepped into the house.
〈物もの〉を脱ぬいで〈物もの〉に掛かけるto take off (a garment) and hang it up
コートを脱ぬいでハンガーに掛かけた。
I took off my coat and hung it on a hanger.

Expressions

兜かぶとを脱ぬぐacknowledge defeat; admit inferiority; take one's hat off to someone · give up; surrender; strike one's colors
片かた肌はだ脱ぬぐlend a hand; help out; pitch in · bare one shoulder
草鞋わらじを脱ぬぐcomplete one's journey; arrive at one's destination
もろ肌はだを脱ぬぐstrip to the waist; bare one's upper body · go at with might and main; throw oneself into; get down to business
シャッポを脱ぬぐconcede defeat; surrender; take one's hat off (to someone)

Kanji

脱undress, removing, escape from

Transitive / intransitive

脱ぬげる
脱ぐ is transitive (someone takes something off), while 脱げる is intransitive (something comes off by itself, e.g. a shoe slipping off).

Related words

脱だつ衣いN1
脱ぐ is the everyday verb for taking off clothes, while 脱衣 is a more formal, noun-form term used in clinical or written contexts.

Opposites· 6

着きるN5
着る means to put clothing on, while 脱ぐ means to take it off.
履はくN5
履く means to put on footwear or pants, while 脱ぐ means to take them off.
着きせるN2
脱ぐ means to take off clothing, the opposite action of 着せる, which means to put clothes on someone.

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身みにつけるN2
脱ぐ means to take off clothing or accessories, the opposite action of 身につける in its sense of wearing or carrying something on the body.
まとう
脱ぐ means to take off clothing, the opposite action of 纏う, which means to put on or be wrapped in something.
突つっ掛かけるN1
脱ぐ means to take footwear (or clothing) off, the opposite action of 突っかける's quick slipping-on of footwear.

Don't confuse with

脱ぬがす
脱ぐ means to take off one's own clothes, while 脱がす means to take off someone else's clothes.
外はずすN3
脱ぐ is used specifically for taking off clothing from the body, whereas 外す is for removing accessories, attachments, or items that are fastened rather than worn.

Word family· 9

脱ぬぎ捨すてる
throw off; fling off; kick off · cast off; discard; shed
肌はだ脱ぬぎ
stripped to the waist; naked from the waist up
肌はだ脱ぬぐ
strip to the waist; bare one's upper body · pitch in; lend a hand; work hard
脱ぬぎ着き
undressing and dressing; taking off and putting on clothes
靴くつ脱ぬぎ
shoe removal spot; place to take off shoes

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脱ぬぎ脱ぬぎ
undressing; taking off clothes
もろ肌はだ脱ぬぎ
stripping to the waist; baring the upper body
脱ぬぎ揃そろえる
take off and align neatly
脱ぬぎ散ちらかす
strip off and leave clothes lying around

Written forms

脱ぬぐUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling for taking off clothing, shoes, or accessories.
ぬぐUsage9%

Etymology

The kanji 脱 carries the meaning 'remove' or 'take off'. The verb 脱ぐ is a native Japanese word with a godan conjugation, and its historical derivation is uncertain.