裸|はだかhadaka[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjectivenakedness; nudity
    The boy was naked to the waist.
  2. no-adjectivebareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered
  3. no-adjectivebeing penniless
  4. no-adjectiveconcealing nothing; openness
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym丸裸まるはだかNeutralStresses being stark naked with nothing on at all; also used figuratively for being penniless. 「裸」 can also mean just the upper body being bare.
  • Synonym全裸ぜんらNeutralMeans naked over the whole body; often seen in news reports. 「裸」 is more everyday and can refer to partial nakedness.
  • SynonymヌードNeutralA loanword meaning the nude, used mostly for art and photography. 「裸」 is the more everyday word.
  • Relatedむき出しむきだしNeutralRefers to things being exposed or sticking out, and to emotions shown without restraint, as in 「敵意むき出し」. 「裸」 is mainly about the body, also uncovered or penniless.
  • Related素っ裸すっぱだかCasualColloquial; stresses being stark naked with nothing at all on; also for being left with nothing. 「裸」 is more neutral.
  • Related赤裸あかはだかWrittenWritten and rare; means stark naked or stripped of all possessions. In everyday speech, say 「素っ裸」.
  • Antonym着衣ちゃくいWrittenA written term, the antonym of 「裸」 in terms of being dressed or not: wearing clothes, or the clothes one is wearing.

Use 「裸」 for not wearing clothes or being bare; 「全裸」 and 「素っ裸」 for being naked all over; 「ヌード」 for the nude in art; 「むき出し」 for things sticking out exposed.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 衣服いふく等とうを身みに着つけない様よう。
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