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.
裸電球(はだかでんきゅう)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.
裸電球(はだかでんきゅう) = 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)
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Added 2026.1.12 21:24 · Revised 2026.3.2 8:29
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