脱する

だっする · dassuru · JLPT N1 · verb-suru

to escape from

🚪 Sounds like English dash. 脱 = escape, する = do, so 脱する = do an escape

脱 means shed or escape, as in 脱出 (escape) and 脱走 (run away). Adding する makes it a verb meaning to get out of a place or situation.

脱 — flesh radical 月 (肉) + 兑 tuì (phonetic)
脱 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The flesh radical 月 (from 肉) signals the body, while 兑 supplies the sound. Originally it meant shedding flesh or skin, like a snake molting, and broadened to mean 'to take off, slip off, or escape.'

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