kimono
Americannoun
plural
kimonos-
a loose, wide-sleeved robe, fastened at the waist with a wide sash, characteristic of Japanese costume.
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a woman's loose dressing gown.
noun
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a loose sashed ankle-length garment with wide sleeves, worn in Japan
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any garment copied from this
Other Word Forms
- kimonoed adjective
Etymology
Origin of kimono
1885–90; < Japanese: clothing, garb, equivalent to ki wear + mono thing
Example Sentences
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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
She would kneel in her kimono and speak very softly in Japanese, while her young assistant would gracefully swing closed knees or bend her swanlike neck to the old geisha’s instructions.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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