Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
たお > だお
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (kyō, abbreviation of Kyoto) +‎ 着倒れ (kidaore, using up one's fortune on fine clothes), a reference to the assumption that citizens of Kyoto tend to spend excessively on clothing.

Noun

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(きょう)()(だお) (kyō no kidaore

  1. financially ruining oneself through extravagant spending on clothing (in the fabled manner of the people of Kyoto).