perfectly white skin; skin as white as snow
Poetic expression describing a woman's beautiful, flawlessly white skin. Often used in literary or romantic contexts.
See also: 雪肌 (ゆきはだ)
Her snow-white skin was as smooth as porcelain.
Women with skin as white as snow have long been considered symbols of beauty.
Standard kanji spelling for this poetic expression.
Alternate kanji for 'skin'; 膚 is less common than 肌 in modern Japanese.
Compound of 雪 (yuki, 'snow') + の (no, possessive particle) + 肌 (hadae, 'skin'). The reading はだえ is a slightly archaic or poetic variant of はだ.