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JLPT N2 · Noun

毛皮 (kegawa)

毛皮 (けがわ, kegawa) is a Japanese noun meaning “fur; skin”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
けがわ
Romaji
kegawa
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. fur; skin; pelt · noun
  2. kanji "fur" radical · noun · 皮, as in 皰, 皺, etc.

Example sentences

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.
Tatoeba #184918

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

Kanji in 毛皮

毛
fur, hair, featherモウ・け · 4 strokes
皮
pelt, skin, hideヒ・かわ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 毛皮.

毛けhair毛布もうふblanket髪の毛かみのけhair (on the head)毛糸けいとknitting wool羊毛ようもうwool皮かわskin皮肉ひにくirony皮膚ひふskin

Source: JMdict entry 1533930 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.