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JLPT N3 · Noun

皮 (kawa)

皮 (かわ, kawa) is a Japanese noun meaning “skin; hide”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かわ
Romaji
kawa
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. skin; hide; pelt; fur · noun
  2. rind; peel; husk; bark · noun
  3. shell; sheath; wrapping · noun
  4. mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming · noun

Example sentences

動物の皮は毛でおおわれている。
The skin of animals is covered with hair.
Tatoeba #123757
私は林檎の皮をむくことができる。
I can peel an apple.
Tatoeba #152309
ぎょうざの具のあまりは？餃子を家で作りましたが、皮が少なかったせいか、具が少し余ってしまいました。
Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
Tatoeba #76786

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

Kanji in 皮

皮
pelt, skin, hideヒ・かわ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 皮.

毛皮けがわfur皮肉ひにくirony皮膚ひふskin

Source: JMdict entry 1483800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.