脱皮

だっぴ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; molting; moulting; casting off
2. freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

Kanji

• 脱 escape. Read as ダツ.
• 皮 skin. Read as ヒ.

Example sentences

• 蛇は脱皮した。
  The snake shed its skin.

Common phrases

• 脱皮を繰り返す
• 脱皮をする

Words containing 脱皮

• 脱皮動物 (だっぴどうぶつ) ecdysozoan (any animal of the superphylum Ecdysozoa, incl. arthropods, nematodes, etc.)

Word lists

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