Illustration: At a low living-room table, a child holds a mandarin in one hand and pulls a broad flap of rind downward with the other. Most of the fruit's segmented flesh is exposed, while the loosened skin remains attached at the bottom. Several discarded peel pieces lie on a small plate.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

むく

muku

to peel

Example sentences

  1. このなしの皮かわをむくナイフを貸かして下ください。

    Lend me a knife with which to peel this pear.

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  2. 妹いもうとは豆まめの皮かわをむいた。

    My sister shelled the beans.

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  3. オレンジをむいてあげよう。

    I’ll peel an orange for you.

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