皮

skin; hide; pelt; fur

rind; peel; husk; bark

shell; sheath; wrapping

mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming

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

irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire

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

(only) surface; something superficial

Archaic; Literal meaning

skin and bone; body

skin

Usu. as ...を皮切りに

beginning; start

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

to peel; to skin; to pare

to skin; to peel

Idiomatic expression

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock

film; membrane

ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist

subcutaneous; hypodermic

Abbreviation

over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched

sebum; sebaceous matter

parchment; vellum

Word usually written using kana alone

thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer)

skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking; skinner; barker

with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)

skin disease

Physiology

cutaneous sensation

subcutaneous fat

leather; hide

surface; outward appearance

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

superficial; shallow

dermatology

epidermal depression; skin depression