皮
皮

pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)

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皮かわNounFreq #2816
1

skin; hide; pelt; fur

Examples
動物の皮は毛でおおわれている。
The skin of animals is covered with hair.
2

rind; peel; husk; bark

Examples
私は林檎の皮をむくことができる。
I can peel an apple.
3

shell; sheath; wrapping

Examples
ぎょうざの具のあまりは？餃子を家で作りましたが、皮が少なかったせいか、具が少し余ってしまいました。
Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
4

mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming

皮肉ひにくNounFreq #3518
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire

Examples
私はあなたの皮肉な言葉は聞き捨てにはできません。
I resent your cynical remarks.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned

3

(only) surface; something superficial

4

Archaic; Literal meaning

skin and bone; body

皮膚ひふNounFreq #4275
1

skin

Examples
日光は皮膚に作用する。
The sunbeam acts upon the skin.
毛皮けがわもうひ (毛皮)毛革Noun～の Adj.Freq #9268
1

fur; skin; pelt

Examples
開拓者達は現地人たちから毛皮を物々交換で手に入れた。
The colonists bartered with the natives for fur.
2

けがわ only

kanji "fur" radical

羊皮紙ようひしNounFreq #19219
1

parchment

皮切りかわきりNounFreq #19654
1

Usu. as ...を皮切りに

beginning; start

Examples
それを皮切りとして欧州の詩や文学を多数紹介するようになりました。
With that as a start many European poems and much literature came to be introduced.
皮肉にもひにくにもAdverbExpressionFreq #22323
1

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

革靴皮靴革沓かわぐつNounFreq #22957
1

leather shoes; leather boots

革袋皮袋革嚢かわぶくろNounFreq #25309
1

leather bag

Examples
新しい葡萄酒は古い皮袋に入れてはならない。
Do not put new wine into old bottles.
頭皮とうひNounFreq #28372
1

scalp

Examples
頭皮がかゆいのです。
My scalp is very itchy.
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