お太たい鼓こ結むすび

noun

otaiko knot; drum knot; common kimono sash knot

A classic, widely used knot for a woman's kimono obi, named for its resemblance to a taiko drum. It is the most typical formal obi knot.

• 成せい人じん式しきでは、多おおくの女じょ性せいがお太たい鼓こ結むすびにします。

  At the coming-of-age ceremony, many women wear their obi in the otaiko knot.

• お太たい鼓こ結むすびは、振ふり袖そでよりも留とめ袖そでに合あう帯おび結むすびです。

  The otaiko knot is an obi knot that suits tomesode better than furisode.