一皮剥く

ひとかわむく

Also written 一皮むく

Meanings

1. Expression, Godan verb to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask (literally: to take the veneer off something)

Kanji

• 一 one. Read as ひと.
• 皮 skin. Read as かわ.
• 剥 peel. Read as むく.

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