着物
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着物 (kimono): A maiko off duty, dressed in kimono in Gion, Kyoto. 
着物 (kimono): Jimmy Wales wearing a men's kimono.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 着 | 物 |
| き Grade: 3 |
もの Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 着 (ki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 着る (kiru, “to wear on the upper body”)) + 物 (mono, “thing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- a kimono
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Related terms
- 長着 (nagagi): a specific synonym for what is typically called 'kimono'.
- 浴衣 (yukata): a lightweight kind of kimono
- 晴れ着 (haregi): one's 'Sunday best'.
- 喪服 (mofuku): a mourning kimono
- 振袖 (furisode): long-sleeved kimono
- 留袖 (tomesode): An expensive, formal kimono, worn by married women.
- 羽織 (haori): a short overcoat for formal kimono
- 小袖 (kosode): a robe smaller than a kimono
- 水干 (suikan): a kimono tunic
- 袴 (hakama): traditional Japanese trousers
- 訪問着 (hōmongi): A semiformal kimono worn on formal visits.
- 色無地 (iromuji): A single-coloured formal kimono that may be worn by married and unmarried women alike.
- 打ち掛け (uchikake): A highly formal kimono.
- 襦袢 (juban): a type of undershirt worn under a kimono
- 帯 (obi): a broad sash belt
- 帯締め (obijime): a rope belt to bind the obi
- 帯留め (obidome): a buckle to bind the obi
- 足袋 (tabi): Japanese traditional socks
- 草履 (zōri): Japanese sandals
- 簪 (kanzashi): a Japanese showy hairpin
- 提げ物 (sagemono): a carrying pouch (like a coin pouch)
- 十二単, 十二単衣, 十二一重 (jūni hitoe): a ceremonial twelve-layered kimono worn by women of the imperial court
- 単衣 (hitoe): an unlined kimono
- 五衣小袿 (itsutsuginu kōchiki): little cloak over robes
- 緋袴 (hibakama): a red hakama
- 長袴 (nagabakama): devided skirt
- 五衣 (itsuginu): robes
- 小袿 (kōchiki): little cloak
- 千早 (chihaya)/襅 (chihaya): a kind of ceremonial overcoat with a long white hem worn by the sweeper or branch-holder in certain Shinto ceremonies
- 単衣 (hitoe): unlined kimono robes
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References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN