Illustration: In a home kitchen, freshly boiled potatoes rest in a wire colander above the sink. The nearest potato has a broad split in its thin skin, which curls outward and hangs loose, exposing the smooth flesh underneath. A detached piece of skin lies just below it.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

剥むける

mukeru

to peel off

Example sentences

手ての皮かわが剥むける
My hand’s skin is sloughing off.
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日焼ひやけして、背中せなかの皮かわが剥むけた。
The skin on my back peeled after I got sunburned.
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このみかんは皮かわが簡単かんたんに剥むける。
The peel comes off this mandarin easily.
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Kanji in 剥

剥come off; peelOnハク・ホクKunへぐ・へずる・むく

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