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Breakdown of kawa
skin
皮
If we're on a cliff again and again, our skin starts to erode.
Usages of kawa
この ぶどう の 皮 は とても 薄い です。kono budou no kawa wa totemo usui desu.
The skin of this grape is very thin.
魚 の 皮 も 食べられます か？sakana no kawa mo taberaremasu ka?
Can you eat the fish skin too?
オレンジ の 皮 を 使って ジャム を 作りました。orenji no kawa o tsukatte jamu o tsukurimashita.
I made jam using orange peels.
その 薬 に は 木 の 皮 が 入って います。sono kusuri ni wa ki no kawa ga haitte imasu.
That medicine contains tree bark.
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