帷子
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- a cloth curtain used as a partition
- unlined cloth clothing
- a hitoe (single-layer kimono) worn during the summer
- (sort=かたびら) a special white kimono used to dress the dead for a Buddhist funeral, inscribed with the person's honorary name, an excerpt from a sutra, or a portion of a chant
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 片 (one-sided, side, part, flat thing, one, one side, broad) + Japanese 枚 (thin flat thing, layer).
Origin
Japanese
枚
Gloss
thin flat thing, layer