<entry id="2347971" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2037040</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>脱がす</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぬがす</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&v5s;</pos>
<pos>&vt;</pos>
<gloss>to take off (another's clothes)</gloss>
<gloss>to strip someone (of their clothes)</gloss>
<gloss>to undress</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2005-05-01 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-22 13:49:00" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Sombrero1</upd_name>
<upd_detl>missing transitivity tag</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5, Chuujiten</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,4 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to strip someone&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to help someone remove (clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vt;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to undress (someone)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to strip someone (of their clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to take off (clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-23 00:19:52" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-29 14:25:15" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>isn't the object 服 or ズボン or whatever? not the person</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-29 16:36:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Sombrero1</upd_name>
<upd_detl>Then what would the difference to 脱ぐ be? Both are transitive</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Shinsen: 他人の身につけているものをとる。
GG5: strip sb of 《his clothes》; take off 《sb's clothes》; 〔裸にする〕 strip sb naked.
Daijirin: 他人の着ているものを取る。また、脱ぐようにさせる。脱がせる。

.</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-29 21:07:19" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>脱ぐ is to take off your own clothes and 脱がす is to take off someone else's clothes</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15 +15 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to take off (clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to take off another's (clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-30 22:47:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-09-04 17:25:57" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>thanks to the other anon for answering the question, but my issue is still unresolved:
you do not say "tarou wo nugasu" do you?
if you have "someone" in parentheses, that is how it sounds like</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15 +15 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to take off another's (clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to take off (another's clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-09-04 23:33:37" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Yes, clearer.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-09-07 14:41:16" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>I object to the gloss "to undress (someone)"
it needs to be "to undress (someone's clothes)" to get the direct object right
sigh.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to undress (someone)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to take off (another's clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -15 +15 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to take off (another's clothes)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to undress&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-09-14 12:29:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Looks OK.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>