"剥く" meaning in Japanese

See 剥く in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mɯ̟kɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|むく|tr=trans|type=1}} 剥(む)く • (muku) transitive godan (stem 剥(む)き (muki), past 剥(む)いた (muita)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|む|4-k}} Forms: 剥く transitive godan [canonical] (ruby: ()), muku [romanization], 剥き [stem] (ruby: ()), 剥いた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 剥か [irrealis, stem], むか [irrealis, stem], muka [irrealis, stem], 剥き [continuative, stem], むき [continuative, stem], muki [continuative, stem], 剥く [stem, terminative], むく [stem, terminative], muku [stem, terminative], 剥く [attributive, stem], むく [attributive, stem], muku [attributive, stem], 剥け [realis, stem], むけ [realis, stem], muke [realis, stem], 剥け [imperative, stem], むけ [imperative, stem], muke [imperative, stem], 剥かず [negative], むかず [negative], mukazu [negative], 剥けど [contrastive], むけど [contrastive], mukedo [contrastive], 剥けば [causative], むけば [causative], mukeba [causative], 剥かば [conditional], むかば [conditional], mukaba [conditional], 剥きき [past], むきき [past], mukiki [past], 剥きけり [past], むきけり [past], mukikeri [past], 剥きつ [perfect], むきつ [perfect], mukitu [perfect], 剥きぬ [perfect], むきぬ [perfect], mukinu [perfect], 剥けり [continuative, perfect], 剥きたり [continuative, perfect], むけり [continuative, perfect], むきたり [continuative, perfect], mukeri [continuative, perfect], mukitari [continuative, perfect], 剥かむ [volitional], むかむ [volitional], mukamu [volitional], 剝く [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
  1. to peel; to skin; to pare

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "剥く transitive godan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "剥",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥き",
      "roman": "muki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "剥",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥いた",
      "roman": "muita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "剥",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥か",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥かず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥けど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥けば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥かば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥けり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥かむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剝く",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むく",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "剥(む)く • (muku) transitive godan (stem 剥(む)き (muki), past 剥(む)いた (muita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "む",
        "2": "4-k"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to peel (the skin off) an apple",
          "roman": "ringo no kawa o muku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "皮",
              "かわ"
            ],
            [
              "剥",
              "む"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "りんごの皮を剥く",
          "translation": "to peel (the skin off) an apple"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to peel; to skin; to pare"
      ],
      "id": "en-剥く-ja-verb-k54niRoO",
      "links": [
        [
          "peel",
          "peel"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "pare",
          "pare"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟kɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "むく"
    }
  ],
  "word": "剥く"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "剥く transitive godan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "剥",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥き",
      "roman": "muki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "剥",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥いた",
      "roman": "muita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "剥",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥か",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥かず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥けど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥けば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥かば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥けり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥きたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むきたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剥かむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "剝く",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むく",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "剥(む)く • (muku) transitive godan (stem 剥(む)き (muki), past 剥(む)いた (muita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "む",
        "2": "4-k"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
        "Japanese lemmas",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to peel (the skin off) an apple",
          "roman": "ringo no kawa o muku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "皮",
              "かわ"
            ],
            [
              "剥",
              "む"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "りんごの皮を剥く",
          "translation": "to peel (the skin off) an apple"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to peel; to skin; to pare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peel",
          "peel"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "pare",
          "pare"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟kɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "むく"
    }
  ],
  "word": "剥く"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 剥く meaning in Japanese (5.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "剥く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "剥く",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 10"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "剥く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "剥く",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 10"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "剥く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "剥く",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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