kimono

UK/kɪˈməʊnəʊ/US/kəˈmoʊnoʊ/

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Other forms: kimonos

A kimono is a long wide-sleeved Japanese robe tied with a sash. Wear a kimono, a silk kimono, tie the kimono.

It is always wrapped left over right — the other way round is for dressing the dead, and getting it wrong is a serious mistake. The sash is the obi and tying it properly is a skill. The Japanese name means simply a thing to wear.

Definitions of kimono

1nounkimonoA long wide-sleeved Japanese robe.B1+
“At the festival, she wore a silk kimono tied with a wide belt.”

kimono is a garment.

Where it comes from

Japanese kimono means a thing to wear, from kiru, to wear, plus mono, a thing.

Built from

着る · Japanese — wearing

Japanese - 着物, which is from 着る (“wearing”) + 物.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Clothes & Fashion

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kimono in the wild

The kimono is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan.
Kimono
Despite the kimono's reputation as a formal and difficult-to-wear garment, there are types of kimono suitable for both formal and informal occasions.
Kimono
The most well-known form of traditional Japanese fashion is the kimono, with the term kimono translating literally as "something to wear" or "thing worn on the shoulders".
Japanese clothing
A haori is a traditional Japanese jacket worn over a kimono.
Haori
During the early 1800s, geisha in the hanamachi of Fukagawa, Tokyo began to wear haori over their kimono.
Haori

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