tsumugi; pongee; traditional rough-surfaced silk cloth
A type of traditional Japanese silk fabric with a characteristic slubbed texture, woven from hand-spun raw silk. Often used for kimono and obi.
My grandmother keeps her precious tsumugi kimono stored in the chest of drawers.
This obi is made of Yūki-tsumugi.
white pongee
tsumugi silk yarn; spun silk noil yarn
yellowfin toxic goby; horny goby
Yūki pongee; Yūki silk fabric
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling for this word.
Derived from the verb 紡ぐ (つむぐ, 'to spin'), referring to the hand-spun silk threads used in its production.