JLPT N1 · Verb

剥ぐ (hagu)

剥ぐ (はぐ, hagu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tear off; to peel off”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はぐ
Romaji: hagu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin · godan verb, transitive
to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

少年は木の皮を剥いだ。

The boy stripped a tree of the bark.

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

Conjugation of 剥ぐ

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	剥ぐ	はぐ hagu
Polite (~masu)	剥ぎます	はぎます hagimasu
Negative	剥がない	はがない haganai
Polite negative	剥ぎません	はぎません hagimasen
Past	剥いだ	はいだ haida
Polite past	剥ぎました	はぎました hagimashita
Negative past	剥がなかった	はがなかった haganakatta
Te-form	剥いで	はいで haide
Potential	剥げる	はげる hageru
Passive	剥がれる	はがれる hagareru
Causative	剥がせる	はがせる hagaseru
Volitional	剥ごう	はごう hagou
Imperative	剥げ	はげ hage
Conditional (~ba)	剥げば	はげば hageba

Kanji in 剥ぐ

剥

come off, peel, fadeハク・ホク・へ.ぐ・へず.る · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 剥ぐ.

剥くむくto peel剥すはがすto tear off剥がすはがすto tear off剥げるはげるto peel off

Source: JMdict entry 1582990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.