半袖
Meanings
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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
short sleeves; short-sleeved
Refers to clothing with short sleeves. Can be used as a noun or as a no-adjective to modify another noun (e.g., 半袖のシャツ).
In summer, short-sleeved shirts are cool.
Is this T-shirt short-sleeved?
Usage patterns
- 半袖の〈物〉a short-sleeved [item of clothing]
He is wearing a short-sleeved shirt.
- 半袖を着るto wear short sleeves
It was hot, so I wore short sleeves.
- 半袖になるto switch to short sleeves (as the weather warms)
As May arrives, more people start wearing short sleeves.
- 半袖で〈動詞〉to do something while dressed in short sleeves
She went out in short sleeves despite the cold.