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裸 (はだか, hadaka) Japanese meaning: nakedness | Kotomora

裸はだか

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

nakedness; nudity

Literal state of being without clothes. Can be used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

彼かれは裸はだかで海うみに飛とび

込こ

ん

だ

。

He jumped into the sea naked.

裸はだかの赤あかちゃんがお風ふ呂ろに入はいっている。

A naked baby is in the bath.

2

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

bare; uncovered; bald

Describes something exposed, without its usual covering, or bald. Common in phrases like 裸の山 (bare mountain) or 裸電球 (bare light bulb).

冬ふゆの裸はだかの木き々ぎが寒さむそうに見みえる。
The bare trees in winter look cold.
彼かれは頭あたまが裸はだかになってきた。
He is getting bald.

3

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

penniless; broke

Figurative use meaning having no money or assets. Often used in set phrases like 裸になる (go broke) or 裸一貫 (starting with nothing).

事じ業ぎょうに失しっ敗ぱいして裸はだかになった。
He went broke after his business failed.

4

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

open; frank; unconcealed

Figurative use meaning hiding nothing, being completely open or honest. Common in expressions like 裸の心 (bare heart) or 裸の自分 (one's true self).

彼かの女じょは裸はだかの心こころで話はなしてくれた。
She spoke to me with an open heart.

Usage patterns

裸はだかで〈動どう詞し〉to do something in the nude/naked
彼かれは裸はだかで風ふ呂ろに入はいった。
He got into the bath naked.
〈人ひと〉を裸はだかにするto strip someone bare/naked
泥どろ棒ぼうは彼かれを裸はだかにして服ふくを奪うばった。
The robber stripped him naked and took his clothes.
裸はだかの〈物もの〉a bare, uncovered ~
天てん井じょうから裸はだかの電でん球きゅうがぶら下さがっている。
A bare light bulb hangs from the ceiling.
裸はだかから〈動どう詞し〉to start from nothing, penniless
彼かれは裸はだかから会かい社しゃを立たて直なおした。
He rebuilt the company starting from nothing.

Expressions· 7

裸はだかになるtake off one's clothes; undress; get naked
裸はだかの王おう様さまnaked emperor; person of high standing with a warped view of reality
裸はだかの質しつ量りょうbare mass
丸まる裸はだかにするstrip someone naked; undress someone completely · leave penniless; clean out; take everything from
丸まる裸はだかになるbe stripped naked; be completely undressed · lose everything; be cleaned out

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内うち裸はだかでも外そと錦にしきkeep up appearances; dress up outwardly despite inner poverty
裸はだかの付つき合あいcompletely honest relationship; open-hearted friendship · hanging out naked; socializing in the nude

Kanji

裸naked, nude, uncovered

Related words· 6

裸ら体たい sense 1
裸体 is a formal, often artistic or medical term for the naked body, while 裸 is the plain everyday word for nakedness.
全ぜん裸ら sense 1
全裸 is a formal/legal term emphasizing 'completely nude', whereas 裸 is the general, everyday word for being naked.
素すっ裸ぱだか sense 1
素っ裸 is an emphatic, colloquial intensifier meaning 'stark naked', stronger than plain 裸.
無む一いち文もん sense 3
無一文 specifically means 'not having a single penny', while 裸 in this figurative sense broadly means penniless or starting with nothing.

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ヌード
裸 is the plain, native Japanese word for being naked in any context, while ヌード specifically evokes an artistic or photographic nude.
ネイキッド
裸 is the everyday native Japanese word for being naked, while ネイキッド is a katakana term mostly used in product or style names.

Don't confuse with

裸足はだしN2sense 1
裸足 shares the kanji 裸 but refers only to bare feet (barefoot), whereas 裸 alone means the whole body is unclothed.

Word family· 26

丸まる裸はだか
stark naked; completely nude · having nothing; losing everything; penniless
素すっ裸ぱだか
stark naked; completely nude · penniless; broke
真まっ裸ぱだか
nudity; nakedness · stark naked; completely nude
裸はだか一いっ貫かん
having nothing but one's body; penniless; starting from scratch

Written forms

裸はだかUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
はだかUsage7%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for figurative senses.
ハダカUsage3%

Etymology

The word はだか is of native Japanese origin. The kanji 裸 is composed of 衣 (clothing) and 果 (fruit/result), suggesting the idea of being stripped of clothing, but the exact historical derivation is uncertain.

ハダカデバネズミ

naked mole-rat

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赤あか裸はだか
stark naked; nude; bare · penniless; stripped of all belongings · naked barley
裸はだか木ぎ
bare tree; leafless tree · Prunus zippeliana (East Asian cherry species)
裸はだか本ぼん
used book without original cover or box
裸はだか火び
naked flame; open flame
裸はだか男おとこ
naked man
裸はだか線せん
bare wire; uninsulated electrical wire
裸はだか虫むし
hairless caterpillar · person with few clothes; scantily clad person
裸はだか蛇へび
caecilian
裸はだか馬うま
unsaddled horse; bareback horse
ハダカイワシ
lanternfish; lantern fish

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