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kimono

[kuh-moh-nuh, -noh] / kəˈmoʊ nə, -noʊ /




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"Nowadays, young Japanese people... are not very interested that much in traditional art and in kimono."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I also found an indigo blue kimono to wear at an art event later this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 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 setting is a placid pond, on whose banks sits a plump and serene fellow in a kimono, his eyes closed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Then the woman looked directly at Hanako and pulled up a kimono sleeve to reveal her very bony arm.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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