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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.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (ki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 着る (kiru, to wear on the upper body)) +‎ (mono, thing).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(もの) (kimono

  1. a kimono

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  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