袖

Meaning

袖 centers on the sleeve of a garment, and by extension anything that projects outward like a sleeve: a building wing, an extension, or the gesture of turning away (giving the cold shoulder) as if hiding one's hands in sleeves.

• 袖そで
  N3

  sleeve

• 半袖はんそで
  N3

  short sleeves

• 長袖ながそで
  N1

  long sleeves

• 振り袖ふりそで

  long-sleeved kimono

• 袖口そでぐち

  cuff; armhole

• 小袖こそで

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

• 袖丈そでたけ

  length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)

• 留袖とめそで

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

• 袖の下そでのした

  bribe; money under the table

• 領袖りょうしゅう

  leader; chief; boss

• 七分袖しちぶそで

  three-quarter sleeves

• 両袖りょうそで

  both sleeves

• 両袖机りょうそでづくえ

  kneehole desk

• 元禄袖げんろくそで

  short and round sleeves of a kimono

• 半袖シャツはんそでシャツ

  short-sleeved shirt

• 小袖料こそでりょう

  betrothal money given from man to woman

• 山形袖章やまがたそでしょう

  chevron (military rank insignia)

• 平袖ひらそで

  wide sleeve

• 広袖ひろそで

  wide sleeve

• 戴くものは夏も小袖いただくものはなつもこそで

  taking whatever one can get one's hands on; being greedy; accepting a padded silk sleeve even in summer

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