Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

to rise; to raise; to get up hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (起毛)
simp. #(起毛)

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起毛

  1. (of woollen cloth) to pill; fluff
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) to feel nervous; to be scared; to be flustered; to be disconcerted
  3. (Yangzhou Mandarin) to lose one's temper
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Etymology 2 edit

phonetic
trad. (起毛)
simp. #(起毛)
alternative forms 起摸
氣毛气毛

Borrowed from Japanese 気持(きも) (kimochi).

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Noun edit

起毛

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) emotion; mood
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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
もう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

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Noun edit

()(もう) (kimōきもう (kimou)?

  1. (textiles) raising (of fiber)

Verb edit

()(もう)する (kimō suruきもう (kimou)?suru (stem ()(もう) (kimō shi), past ()(もう)した (kimō shita))

  1. (textiles, of fiber) to raise

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References edit

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