Moto 衣: Garment; Clothes; DressingKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- イ、エ
- Kun'yomi
- ころも、きぬ、-ぎ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 196 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (イ・エ)
- 衣装いしょうclothing; costume
- 衣料いりょうclothing
- 衣類いるいclothes; clothing
- 衣服いふくclothes
- 白衣はくいwhite clothes; white robe
- 黒衣こくいblack clothes
- 着衣ちゃくいclothes (that one is wearing)
- 更衣室こういしつlocker room; changing room
- 脱衣だついundressing; taking off one's clothes
- 脱衣所だついじょchanging room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
- 衣料品いりょうひんclothing; articles of clothing
- 衣食いしょくfood and clothing; livelihood
- 衣食住いしょくじゅうnecessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
- 一衣帯水いちいたいすい(being separated only by a) narrow strip of water; narrow strait (channel, river)
- 中衣ちゅういinner layer of clothing; inner garment (other than underwear)
- 作務衣さむえsamue; monk's working clothes
- 作業衣さぎょういwork clothes
- 便衣べんいeveryday clothes (in China); ordinary clothes
- 便衣隊べんいたいplain-clothes soldiers (esp. of the Chinese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War); mufti corps
- 借り衣装かりいしょうborrowed clothes
- 借り衣裳かりいしょうborrowed clothes
- 僧衣そういpriest's garb
- 内衣ないいsingle-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
- 単衣たんいunlined kimono
- 囚衣しゅういprison uniform
- 地衣ちいlichen
- 地衣植物ちいしょくぶつlichen
- 地衣類ちいるいlichens
- 垢衣こういdirty clothes; grimy clothes
- 外衣がいいouter garment
- 天衣てんいheavenly garment
- 天衣無縫てんいむほうperfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless
- 婚礼衣装こんれいいしょうwedding clothes
- 婚衣こんいnuptial plumage
- 寛衣かんいloose clothes; comfortable clothes
- 小衣蛾こいがcommon clothes moth (Tineola biselliella)
- 常衣じょういeveryday clothes; ordinary clothes
- 弊衣へいいworn-out clothes; shabby clothes
- 弊衣破帽へいいはぼうshabby clothes and an old hat
- 弊衣蓬髪へいいほうはつunkempt hair and shabby clothes
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 衣ころもclothes; garment
- 衣替えころもがえseasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season
- 羽衣はごろもangel's raiment; robe of feathers
- すり衣すりごろもplain white clothing patterned using dyes
- 上衣うわぎcoat; tunic
- 下衣したごろもundergarment; underwear
- 唐衣からころもancient Chinese clothes
- 墨染めの衣すみぞめのころもpriest's black robe
- 墨染め衣すみぞめごろもpriest's black robe
- 夏衣なつごろもsummer clothes
- 天の羽衣あまのはごろもangel's feathered robe
Other readings
- 浴衣ゆかたyukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
- 中衣くしなかがくしinside pocket
- 中衣嚢なかがくしinside pocket
- 内衣嚢うちかくしinside pocket
- 単衣物ひとえものunlined kimono
- 寝衣ねまきsleep-wear; nightclothes
- 布衣ほいlinen kariginu
- 布衣始ほういはじめceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (e.g. kariginu, eboshi)
- 布衣始めほういはじめceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (e.g. kariginu, eboshi)
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