カワ
Meanings
Noun
1. skin; hide; pelt; fur
The skin on my hands has become softer than before.
2. rind; peel; husk; bark
Carefully peel off the skin, and first enjoy the aroma.
3. shell; sheath; wrapping
Using a lot less filling than last time, wrap it gently in the wrapper.
4. mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
He finally threw off his good-guy mask.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
bark; husk; untanned pelt
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
leather jacket
chicken skin (esp. in cooking); bird skin
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
beginning; start; first moxa treatment
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
(made of) leather; leather-bound
leather-covered
thin skin
skin and bones
leather strap; thong; leash
bark (of tree)
banana peel; banana skin
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
leather belt
rawhide
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
with the skin on; unskinned; unpeeled; unhusked
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
peeling; paring; skinning; parer; peeler; paring-knife
veneer; outer layer that conceals something's true nature; (lit.) one layer of skin
cowhide; oxhide
real leather
epithelium
skin-side (of a fillet of fish)
leather belt; (machine) belt
mask (concealing one's true character); disguise; sheep's clothing
phimosis; tightening of the foreskin
cream puff shell; choux pastry
hard shell of a nut, etc.
thick hide; shamelessness
leather goods
suede; leather using the underside of the skin; piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.
cedar bark
sashimi with skin still attached
calfskin; calf leather
leather wallet
buff; chamois
tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice); yellow-dyed leather
belly meat of fish (esp. bonito)
total lie; big lie; complete lie
chestnut brown
kanji "leather" radical (radical 177)
pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)
silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)
outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust
La Peau de Chagrin (novel by Balzac)
hairy caterpillar
Examples (23 in total)
I'll peel it for you.
Is this the outer skin?
Beauty is only skin deep.