日に焼ける — meaning in English

English meaning

• sunburn noun Red, sore skin caused by too much time in the sun.
• tan noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.

Senses

日に焼ける is used for these senses in English:

• sunburn (transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.
• tan A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
• tan (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

sunburn — full definition

1. noun Red, sore skin caused by too much time in the sun.
2. verb To get burned by overexposure to the sun.

tan — full definition

1. noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.
2. adj Yellowish-brown in colour, or having skin darkened by the sun.
3. verb To develop a darker skin tone from sun exposure, or to turn animal hide into leather using tannic acid.

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