JLPT N2 · Verb

剥す (hagasu)

剥す (はがす, hagasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tear off; to peel off”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はがす
Romaji
hagasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼女は窓からステッカーを引き剥がした。
She tore away the stickers from the window.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 剥す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary剥すはがす hagasu
Polite (~masu)剥しますはがします hagashimasu
Negative剥さないはがさない hagasanai
Polite negative剥しませんはがしません hagashimasen
Past剥したはがした hagashita
Polite past剥しましたはがしました hagashimashita
Negative past剥さなかったはがさなかった hagasanakatta
Te-form剥してはがして hagashite
Potential剥せるはがせる hagaseru
Passive剥されるはがされる hagasareru
Causative剥させるはがさせる hagasaseru
Volitional剥そうはがそう hagasou
Imperative剥せはがせ hagase
Conditional (~ba)剥せばはがせば hagaseba

Kanji in 剥す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 剥す.

Source: JMdict entry 1600670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.