Moto 袖: Sleeve; Wing (building); ExtensionKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュウ
- Kun'yomi
- そで
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 72 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ)
- 領袖りょうしゅうleader; chief
- 袖手傍観しゅうしゅぼうかんlooking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 半袖はんそでshort sleeves
- 小袖こそでshort sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period)
- 袖そでsleeve
- 長袖ながそでlong sleeves
- ない袖は振れぬないそではふれぬyou can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing
- 七分袖しちぶそでthree-quarter sleeves
- 両袖りょうそでboth sleeves
- 両袖机りょうそでづくえkneehole desk
- 元禄袖げんろくそでshort and round sleeves of a kimono
- 小袖料こそでりょうbetrothal money given from man to woman
- 山形袖章やまがたそでしょうchevron (military rank insignia)
- 平袖ひらそでwide sleeve
- 広袖ひろそでwide sleeve
- 戴くものは夏も小袖いただくものはなつもこそでtaking whatever one can get one's hands on; being greedy
- 振り袖ふりそでlong-sleeved kimono
- 無い袖は振れぬないそではふれぬyou can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing
- 片袖かたそでone sleeve
- 片袖机かたそでづくえdesk with a tier of drawers on one side
- 留め袖とめそでformal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
- 目引き袖引きめひきそでひきcatching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve
- 筒袖つつそでtight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)
- 舞台袖ぶたいそでwings of a stage; side stage
- 萌え袖もえそでoverly long sleeves
- 袖がらみそでがらみbarbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)
- 袖ぐりそでぐりsleeve-hole; armhole
- 袖すり合うも他生の縁そですりあうもたしょうのえんa meeting by chance is preordained
- 袖すり合うも多生の縁そですりあうもたしょうのえんa meeting by chance is preordained
- 袖なしそでなしsleeveless (garment)
- 袖にするそでにするto be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
- 袖の下そでのしたbribe; money under the table
- 袖の露そでのつゆtears falling onto the sleeve
- 袖を通すそでをとおすto put on (of clothing); to put (arms) through sleeves
- 袖丈そでたけlength of a sleeve (of Western clothing)
- 袖下そでしたbottom of the sleeve
- 袖乞いそでごいbeggar
- 袖付けそでつけattaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam
- 袖刳りそでぐりsleeve-hole; armhole
- 袖口そでぐちcuff; armhole
- 袖垣そでがきlow fence flanking a gate or entrance
- 袖山そでやまtop crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
- 袖振り合うも他生の縁そでふりあうもたしょうのえんeven a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond
- 袖搦みそでがらみbarbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)
- 袖擦り合うも他生の縁そですりあうもたしょうのえんa meeting by chance is preordained
- 袖擦り合うも多生の縁そですりあうもたしょうのえんa meeting by chance is preordained
- 袖枕そでまくらusing the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow
- 袖柱そでばしらsmall pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate
- 袖無しそでなしsleeveless (garment)
- 袖無し羽織そでなしばおりsleeveless haori
Other readings
- 振袖ふりそでlong-sleeved kimono
- 振袖柳ふりそでやなぎSalix leucopithecia (species of willow)
- 振袖魚ふりそでうおpolka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)
- 提灯袖ちょうちんそでpuffed-up sleeves
- 留袖とめそでformal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
- 袖の振り合わせも他生の縁ふでのふりあわせもたしょうのえんeven accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate
- 袖付そでつけattaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam
- 袖搦そでがらみbarbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)
- 袖無そでなしsleeveless (garment)
- 袖無羽織そでなしばおりsleeveless haori
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