kimono
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The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Anderson asked him if would play a karate instructor and sent him a photo of a tiger... in a martial arts kimono.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
In Osaka, Japan, young women dressed in traditional kimono took part in a Shinto ritual procession to mark the end of the year at Sumiyoshi Taisha, one of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
The staff wore kimono pajamas and sat on smiling Murakami flower pillows.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
“Maybe if you found a really pretty purple kimono, I could see if I could find you a little. It must be pretty, though. Very pretty.”
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing kimono
East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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East Asia - High School
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