着物

Japanese

着物 (kimono): A maiko off duty, dressed in kimono in Gion, Kyoto.
着物 (kimono): Jimmy Wales wearing a men's kimono.
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”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

着(き)物(もの) • (kimono) 

  1. a kimono

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: kimono c
  • Portuguese: quimono m
  • Russian: кимоно́ n (kimonó)

See also

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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