脱ぐ
ぬぐ
hepburn nugu
to take off (clothes, shoes)
Part of speech · godan-verb
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Examples
- 靴を脱いでください。Please take off your shoes.
- コートを脱ぐ。I take off my coat.
Collocations
脱ぐ (nugu, take off)靴を脱ぐコートを脱ぐ脱衣 (datsui, undressing)脱ぎ捨てる (nugisuteru)
Mnemonic
Nugu (脱ぐ) is "take off" — B + cluster (Japans genkan removing-shoes culture cluster). General antonym for haku, kaburu, kiru. Japans genkan rite: at homes, ryokan, some restaurants entry shoes off, switch to uwabaki / surippa. Korean beotda single, Chinese tuo single; Japans cultural-ritual depth.
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