裸(はだか)

はだか

noun, na-adjective

naked, nude, bare

1. naked, nude

Without clothes; unclothed.

赤(あか)ちゃんが裸(はだか)で遊(あそ)んでいる。

The baby is playing naked.

お風呂(ふろ)に入(はい)るために裸(はだか)になった。

I undressed to take a bath.

裸(はだか)になる = to undress, to get naked

温泉(おんせん)では知(し)らない人(ひと)と裸(はだか)で一緒(いっしょ)にお湯(ゆ)に入(はい)る。

At hot springs, you bathe naked together with strangers.

2. bare, exposed

Without covering or protection; figuratively, without pretense.

裸(はだか)の付(つ)き合(あ)いで友情(ゆうじょう)を深(ふか)めた。

We deepened our friendship through frank, open interaction.

裸(はだか)の付(つ)き合(あ)い = honest, open relationship (lit. 'naked association')

裸(はだか)の木(き)が冬(ふゆ)の空(そら)に立(た)っている。

Bare trees stand against the winter sky.

裸(はだか)電球(でんきゅう)が一(ひと)つだけぶら下(さ)がっている部屋(へや)だった。

It was a room with only a single bare light bulb hanging.

裸(はだか)電球(でんきゅう) = bare/unshaded light bulb

Can be used literally (without clothes) or figuratively (exposed, honest, bare).

Common expressions

裸(はだか)になる (to become naked, to strip down)
裸(はだか)の付(つ)き合(あ)い (frank, heart-to-heart relationship)
裸一貫(はだかいっかん) (starting with nothing but oneself)
裸(はだか)の王様(おうさま) (The Emperor's New Clothes)

Common collocations

裸足(はだし) (barefoot)
裸眼(らがん) (naked eye, without glasses)
素裸(すっぱだか) (stark naked — emphatic)

Related Words

Related: 丸裸(まるはだか) (stark naked (intensified))

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Added 2026.1.12 21:24 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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