剥ぐ (Hagu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
- godan verb, transitive verbto strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
Examples
彼らは木の皮を剥いだ。
They stripped the tree of its bark.
少年は木の皮を剥いだ。
The boy stripped a tree of the bark.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).