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    3. 袖

    袖

    袖そで

    sleeve

    KMT10Freq #1960Fashion & BeautyKanji10 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    そで

    On'yomi

    シュウ

    sleevewing (building)extensiongive cold shoulder

    衤由

    衤
    衣
    日
    丨

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    衵袒袙襌褝裡紬柚襌袢娉恵袒衵衫袗褝胄専軸紬裡被袙裃舳

    Alternative forms of this concept

    衤

    Concepts using this kanji

    半袖

    short sleeves

    長袖

    long sleeves

    領袖

    leader

    袖

    sleeve

    七分袖

    three-quarter sleeves

    目引き袖引き

    catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve

    小袖料

    betrothal money given from man to woman

    袖山

    top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)

    袖口

    cuff

    平袖

    wide sleeve

    半袖シャツ

    short-sleeved shirt

    袖の下

    bribe

    袖下

    bottom of the sleeve

    両袖

    both sleeves

    長袖シャツ

    long-sleeved shirt

    広袖

    wide sleeve

    山形袖章

    chevron (military rank insignia)

    舞台袖

    wings of a stage

    無い袖は振れぬ

    you can't give (use) what you don't have

    袖を通す

    to put on (clothing)

    袖珍本

    pocket-size book

    袖付

    attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt

    袖すり合うも多生の縁

    a meeting by chance is preordained

    袖無し羽織

    sleeveless haori

    色留袖

    formal, pastel-colored kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions

    黒留袖

    formal, black kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions

    両袖机

    kneehole desk

    小袖

    short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period)

    振り袖

    long-sleeved kimono

    袖の振り合わせも他生の縁

    even accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate

    袖振り合うも他生の縁

    even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond

    袖手傍観

    looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves)

    振袖柳

    Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)

    留袖

    formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions

    袖看板

    projecting signboard

    提灯袖

    puffed-up sleeves

    角袖

    square sleeves

    袖標

    small flag or piece of cloth worn on the shoulder armour to distinguish between friend and foe on the battlefield

    袖裏

    lining of a sleeve

    振袖魚

    polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)

    鎧袖一触

    (beating someone) hands down

    袖珍版

    pocket edition (of a book)

    袖章

    sleeve badge

    英和対訳袖珍辞書

    A Pocket Dictionary of the English and Japanese Language (1862)

    片袖

    one sleeve

    袖柱

    small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

    袖丈

    length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)

    元禄袖

    short and round sleeves of a kimono

    袖香炉

    portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)

    戴くものは夏も小袖

    taking whatever one can get one's hands on

    詰め袖

    kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit)

    袖壁

    wing wall

    片袖机

    desk with a tier of drawers on one side

    袖の露

    tears falling onto the sleeve

    袖珍

    pocket size

    袖垣

    low fence flanking a gate or entrance

    袖机

    office desk with drawers on one side

    筒袖

    tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)

    袖にする

    to be cold (to)

    袖ビーム

    curved end of a highway guard rail

    袖なし

    sleeveless (garment)

    袖ぐり

    sleeve-hole

    袖枕

    using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow

    袖烏賊

    diamond squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)

    袖乞い

    beggar

    萌え袖

    overly long sleeves

    袖搦

    barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)

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    • 丨
    • 日
    • 衤
    • 衣

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    • 七分袖
    • 袖
    • 袖口
    • 長袖
    • 半袖
    • 平袖
    • 片袖机
    • 両袖
    • 袖付
    • 振り袖
    • 袖手傍観
    • 領袖
    • 筒袖
    • 袖珍本
    • 袖丈
    • 袖垣
    • 袖なし
    • 広袖
    • 小袖
    • 目引き袖引き
    • 角袖
    • 元禄袖
    • 袖の露
    • 袖ぐり
    • 留袖
    • 袖の下
    • 鎧袖一触
    • 袖柱
    • 無い袖は振れぬ
    • 袖山
    • 袖下
    • 袖を通す
    • 袖振り合うも他生の縁
    • 山形袖章
    • 袖裏
    • 片袖
    • 詰め袖
    • 提灯袖
    • 振袖魚
    • 袖乞い
    • 振袖柳
    • 袖香炉
    • 萌え袖
    • 袖すり合うも多生の縁
    • 袖にする
    • 袖看板
    • 袖搦
    • 袖枕
    • 袖無し羽織
    • 両袖机
    • 袖章
    • 袖珍版
    • 袖の振り合わせも他生の縁
    • 戴くものは夏も小袖
    • 小袖料
    • 袖珍
    • 舞台袖
    • 色留袖
    • 黒留袖
    • 袖ビーム
    • 半袖シャツ
    • 袖壁
    • 長袖シャツ
    • 袖標
    • 袖机
    • 袖烏賊
    • 英和対訳袖珍辞書

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