Translation guide
A style of pleating that expands and contracts like an accordion, commonly used in skirts and clothing.
Describing a garment or fabric with narrow, regular pleats that open and close like an accordion.
The most common and direct loanword from English, widely understood in fashion contexts.
This skirt has accordion pleats.
A more technical term combining the loanword with the Japanese word for pleats. Used in sewing and fashion design.
Literally 'bellows-shaped pleats', a descriptive phrase that can be used for accordion-like folds in non-clothing contexts as well.
Please teach me how to sew accordion pleats.
That dress is characterized by its accordion-like pleats.