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======= Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:54:23 +1000 (EST)
(subtype) amend
(headw1) 丸裸になる
(kana1) まるはだかになる
(pos) (exp)
(english1) To be stripped of all one's clothes
(english2) To lose everything one has
(reference) http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?
MT=%B4%DD%CD%E7&kind=jn&mode=0
(comment) The current entry gives "to strip a person of all his or her clothes", which
would be the right translation for :
丸裸にする
More generally, the term 丸裸 is often seen in metaphorical expressions, to
translate the idea that one owns "nothing".
(name) GZ