underkimono

See also: under-kimono

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ kimono.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underkimono (plural underkimonos or underkimono)

  1. Alternative form of under-kimono.
    • 1963, Helen Minnich, “Somber and Severe”, in Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition, Boston, Mass.: Tuttle Publishing, published 2012, →ISBN, chapter 11 (Genroku and Late Edo):
      Two of the courtesan's underkimono are plain-colored, but they are interlarded with three others with white designs probably done with Yuzen stencils: one of spider webs, one of delicate floral scrolls, and one of bamboo stems.
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