着物

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和服

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Kimono

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Kanji in this term
着	物
き Grade: 3	もの Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 着(き) (ki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 着(き)る (kiru, “to wear clothing”)) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Compare the similar formation of the word 食(た)べ物(もの) (tabemono, “food”, literally “eating thing”).

First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE in the ideographic spelling 裳, later attested less ambiguously in the Utsubo Monogatari of the late 900s CE.^[1]

As contact with the West grew, the sense shifted from referring generically to any clothing to referring specifically to 和服(わふく) (wafuku, “(traditional) Japanese clothing”), in particular kimono and other robe-like full-length garments (長着(ながぎ) (nagagi)), as opposed to Western apparel (洋服(ようふく) (yōfuku)).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きもの [kìmónó] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [kʲimo̞no̞]

Noun

着(き)物(もの) • (kimono)

[from 720] (dated) clothing (in general)
Synonyms: 衣類 (irui), 衣服 (ifuku), 服 (fuku)
[from 1867] (now specifically) a kimono
Coordinate terms: 衣 (koromo, “robe”), 長着 (nagagi, “any robe-like full-length garment”), 和服 (wafuku, “traditional Japanese clothing”), 洋服 (yōfuku, “Western-style clothing”)

Derived terms

着物地(きものじ) (kimonoji): kimono cloth
着物姿(きものすがた) (kimono sugata): one's appearance in a kimono, how one looks while wearing a kimono
着物道楽(きものどうらく) (kimono dōraku): wearing many different kimono for fun, as a diversion or hobby

Related terms

長着(ながぎ) (nagagi): a specific synonym for what is typically called 'kimono'
浴衣(ゆかた) (yukata): a lightweight kind of kimono
晴(は)れ着(ぎ) (haregi): one's 'Sunday best'
喪服(もふく) (mofuku): a mourning kimono
振袖(ふりそで) (furisode): long-sleeved kimono
留袖(とめそで) (tomesode): an expensive, formal kimono, worn by married women
羽織(はおり) (haori): a short overcoat for formal kimono
小袖(こそで) (kosode): a robe smaller than a kimono
水干(すいかん) (suikan): a kimono tunic
袴(はかま) (hakama): traditional Japanese trousers
訪問着(ほうもんぎ) (hōmongi): a semiformal kimono worn on formal visits
色無地(いろむじ) (iromuji): a single-coloured formal kimono that may be worn by married and unmarried women alike
打(う)ち掛(か)け (uchikake): a highly formal kimono
襦袢(じゅばん) (juban): a type of undershirt worn under a kimono
帯(おび) (obi): a broad sash belt
帯締(おびじ)め (obijime): a rope belt to bind the obi
帯留(おびど)め (obidome): a buckle to bind the obi
足袋(たび) (tabi): Japanese traditional socks
草履(ぞうり) (zōri): Japanese sandals
簪(かんざし) (kanzashi): a Japanese showy hairpin
提(さ)げ物(もの) (sagemono): a carrying pouch (like a coin pouch)
十(じゅう)二(に)単(ひとえ), 十(じゅう)二(に)単(ひと)衣(え), 十(じゅう)二(に)一(ひと)重(え) (jūni hitoe): a ceremonial twelve-layered kimono worn by women of the imperial court
単(ひと)衣(え) (hitoe): an unlined kimono
五(いつつ)衣(ぎぬ)小(こう)袿(ちき) (itsutsuginu kōchiki): little cloak over robes
緋袴(ひばかま) (hibakama): a red hakama
長袴(ながばかま) (nagabakama): devided skirt
五衣(いつぎぬ) (itsuginu): robes
小(こう)袿(ちき) (kōchiki): little cloak
千早(ちはや) (chihaya)/襅(ちはや) (chihaya): a kind of ceremonial overcoat with a long white hem worn by the sweeper or branch-holder in certain Shinto ceremonies
単衣(ひとえ) (hitoe): unlined kimono robes

Descendants

→ Danish: kimono
→ English: kimono
→ Portuguese: quimono
→ Russian: кимоно́ (kimonó)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “着物”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “着物”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“着物”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[NKDc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “着物”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 “着物”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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