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obi

[oh-bee, aw-bee] / ˈoʊ bi, ˈɔ bi /


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“The present is a gift,” she said, fan tucked in her obi — the wide kimono sash — pink and white parasol in her Hello Kitty shoulder bag.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022

I had a green brocade dress with an obi sash I made myself for the occasion.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2017

They reminded me of Japanese obi sashes, those sometimes ornately knotted strips of brocade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2017

Prada deconstructed the kimono, Aquilano Rimondi incorporated elaborate obi sashes and Pucci embroidered dragons, tigers and snakes on silk chiffon.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2012

But on that first day, she liked Kimberly, her breakable beauty, her purplish eyes full of the expression Obinze often used to describe the people he liked: obi ocha.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Checked shirts tied at the waist, while the bands of knitwear that encircled the torso flirted with the notion of modern- day obis.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2010

Arriving in Washington with a gift-load of cloisonne vases, obis and brocades, his comely daughter Hanako at his side, Mamoru Shigemitsu posed for photographers, leaning heavily on his cane.

From Time Magazine Archive

The latter supposedly smuggled Chosen's cash in Japan out of the country, wrapped in obis.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were in holiday attire and the bright colors of the kimonos and obis made a bewildering and brilliant picture.

From The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Katherine Stokes

They also wore gay Page 335embroidered obis, or large sashes, which are put on in a peculiar fashion.

From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Annie Brassey




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