こそで

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of こそで – see the following entry.

【小袖】 [noun] (historical) [a. 12th century] a long garment with narrow sleeves worn as underwear by upper-class people [noun] [12th to 18th century] a garment worn under a ceremonial dress (reifuku) [noun] [from 16th century] a short-sleeved padded silk robe, worn under a kimono [noun] a Japanese robe similar to a kimono

(This term, こそで, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)