お針はり

noun

needlework; sewing

Polite term for sewing or needlework, often used in traditional or domestic contexts. The honorific prefix お adds a respectful or refined tone.

• 祖そ母ぼは毎まい日にちお針はりをしている。

  My grandmother does needlework every day.

• お針はりの時じ間かんです。

  It's time for sewing.

noun

seamstress

Archaic or historical term for a seamstress, often a woman who did sewing as a profession. Modern Japanese would more commonly use 針子 or 裁縫師. See also 御針子.

See also: お針子

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、お針はりは商しょう家かで働はたらく女じょ性せいの職しょくの一ひとつだった。

  In the Edo period, a seamstress was one of the jobs for women working in merchant houses.