A kimono made of a single layer of fabric, typically worn in summer or as an undergarment.
In summer, an unlined kimono is cool and comfortable.
one kimono; a single kimono
Only with reading たんい
Used when counting or referring to a single kimono. Restricted to the reading たんい.
Only one kimono was left in the chest of drawers.
Standard kanji spelling for an unlined kimono, read as ひとえ (gikun reading).
単 (single) + 衣 (garment), referring to a single-layer kimono. The reading ひとえ is a gikun (meaning-based reading) from 一重 (single layer).