Kanji
Readingかわ
Frequency31%
Used in (87 in total)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
beginning; start
to peel; to skin; to pare
to skin; to peel
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
skin and bones
bark (of tree)
banana peel; banana skin
to take a veneer off something
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
leather; leather-bound; leathern
outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; epithelium
shameless; bold; brazen
leather-covered
unskinned; unhusked; in the skin
inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
skin-side (of a fillet of fish)
counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
leather strap; thong; leash
cowhide; oxhide
leather shoes; leather boots
chicken skin (e.g. in cooking); bird skins
epidermis; cuticle; scarfskin; endocarp
phimosis; tightening of the foreskin
hard shell of a nut, etc.
leather cover; leather binding
thick hide; shamelessness
bark; husk; untanned pelt
cream puff shell; choux pastry
protective cover on a clog
sashimi with skin still attached
peeler (kitchen utensil); barker
leather jacket
leathercraft; leatherwork
leather belt; cartridge or gun belt
suede; leather using the underside of the skin; piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.
little by little; slowly but surely
real leather
thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)
tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice); yellow-dyed leather
to convulse (e.g. with laughter); to split one's sides
urbane and good-looking woman
leather goods
buff; chamois
he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; (lit.) tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name
(a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
baskets wrapped in paper, bark or skin
to unmask (someone's true nature)
leatherworker; leathercrafter
kanji "fur" radical
outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust
one becomes sleepy when one's stomach is full; full stomach, sleepy head; (lit.) when the skin of the belly is extended, the skin of the eyes droops
leather; tanned animal hide; kanji "leather" radical (radical 177)
to expose one's true colors (colours); to expose one's true character
masking one's true character; disguise; sheep's clothing
wrinkled hands from being in water; washerwoman's hands
pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)
total lie; big lie; complete lie
silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)
lowly people (Edo period); eta
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
Laetiporus versisporus (species of mushroom)
hairy caterpillar