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剝ける

むける

N3to peel off · to come off

Examples

古い塗装が雨で少しずつ剝けてきた。

ゆでた芋の皮は手でするりと剝ける。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 剝ける, read むける, is an intransitive verb meaning that paint or skin peels or comes off.
  • Basic usage: 塗装が剝けてきた shows peeling beginning and progressing; 皮は剝ける states that boiled skin comes off easily.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Emerging change and general peelability
    • The material that comes off is marked by or topical , not treated as the object of a transitive action; てきた adds an unfolding change.

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