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 単衣 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
ひとえ > ひと
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yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
單衣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひと)() (hitoe

  1. (clothing) an unlined open-sleeved robe worn as an inner robe by court nobles; women's hitoe were floor length and worn over the (hakama), whilst men's hitoe were worn under, and were therefore shorter

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References

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  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN