pluck, pick, tear, (kokuji)

8 strokes

Kun

むし.る

Dictionary

Common Words

毟る挘るしるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #18185
1

to pluck; to pick; to tear

Examples
ぐはっ!?俺の貴重な頭髪を、むしるな!
O-oi!? Don't rip off my precious hair!
きむしる掻き毟る掻きむしるTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #19885
1

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

Examples
彼女は身体を折り曲げておなかをかきむしった
She doubled over, clutching her side.
むしり取る毟り取る毟りとるしりとTransitiveGodan verbFreq #26384
1

to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly

Examples
旅行者は、そのナイトクラブでむしり取られた
The tourists were ripped off at the nightclub.
草むしりさむしり草毟りNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #35835
1

weeding; weeder; weeding fork

Examples
庭は草むしりが必要だ。
The garden needs to be weeded.
毟れるむしれるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #152917
1

Rare term

to be plucked

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