Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 2
kan’on goon

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

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  1. (historical) a simple padded overcoat with a thick round collar, worn over a kimono, used by the nobility as informal cold-weather outerwear
  2. since the Meiji period, a women's padded overcoat with a thick round collar, worn over a kimono, often sleeveless

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN