noun
mosquito net
A net hung over a sleeping area to keep mosquitoes and other insects out. Often associated with traditional Japanese summer imagery.
夏は蚊帳を吊って寝る。
In summer, I hang a mosquito net and sleep.
祖母の家には古い蚊帳がまだある。
There is still an old mosquito net at my grandmother's house.
Rarely used kanji form; 蚊帳 is strongly preferred.
A mosquito coil that repels insects with smoke, used while awake or in open spaces, unlike a mosquito net which is a physical barrier for sleeping.
Compound of 蚊 (ka, 'mosquito') and 帳 (chō, 'curtain' or 'screen'), with the reading かや likely from a contraction or older reading pattern. The exact derivation of かや is uncertain.