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袖そで
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Meanings
Noun
1. sleeve
2. wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
3. flap (of a dust jacket) (Usually kana)
Kanji used
袖sleeve
Pitch accent
そで
Used in vocabulary
振ふり袖そで
long-sleeved kimono
Noun
留とめ袖そで
formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
Noun
袖そで付つけ
attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam
Noun
袖そでなし
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
No-adjective
目め引ひき袖そで引ひき
catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve
Noun
元げん禄ろく袖そで
short and round sleeves of a kimono
Noun
山やま形がた袖そで章しょう
chevron (military rank insignia)
Noun
詰つめ袖そで
kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit)
Noun
袖そで香ごう炉ろ
portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)
Noun
萌もえ袖そで
overly long sleeves
Noun
袖そで看かん板ばん
projecting signboard; side signboard; signboard projecting from a building
Noun
袖そで搦がらみ
barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)
Noun
Examples13
Father made a long tear in his sleeve.
We have no proof to the contrary.
Roll up your right sleeve.
Don't pull my sleeve.
I pulled her by the sleeve, but she went on talking unconcernedly.
He held her by the sleeve.