紬つむぎ

noun

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.

• 祖そ母ぼは大たい切せつな紬つむぎの着き物ものを箪たん笥すにしまっている。

  My grandmother keeps her precious tsumugi kimono stored in the chest of drawers.

• この帯おびは結ゆう城き紬つむぎでできている。

  This obi is made of Yūki-tsumugi.