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

Gloss

thin flat thing, layer

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