- 脱皮
- だっぴ
shedding
molting
emergence* * *だっぴ【脱皮】◇ → 脱皮する* * *だっぴ【脱皮】1 【動】 〔昆虫・蛇の〕 ecdysis 《pl. -dyses》; casting off.~する 〔昆虫・蛇が〕 cast [slough] off its skin; emerge from its chrysalis [old skin]; shed [cast] its old shell; excuviate.●蛇は脱皮できないと死ぬ. A snake dies if it can't slough its skin.
2 〔比喩的〕 self-renewal.●旧態から脱皮する break out of the [a] mold; escape from (a) convention
・古い自己から脱皮する outgrow one's old self
・マンネリからの脱皮を図る try to free oneself of a mannerism; attempt to escape a stereotype
・会社もここらあたりで脱皮する必要がある. It's about time the company regenerated itself [grew out of its old style].
脱皮ホルモン 【化】 moulting hormone.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.