yukata
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of yukata
1815–25; < Japanese: literally, a bathrobe, shortened form of yu-katabira, equivalent to yu hot water + kata side + -bira, combining form of hira (earlier fira, *pira ) flat thing
Example Sentences
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Over my clothes, I wore a yukata robe, or lightweight cotton kimono, that had been so complicated to put on, it came with illustrated instructions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
Generally, I’m wearing a Japanese yukata and sitting in an armchair reading the papers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
As is customary while relaxing, many wore only underwear - patterned boxer shorts - though Osunaarashi wore a green yukata, an informal kimono.
From Reuters ● Jul. 31, 2014
As will be the case on other nights, we dine at the inn, slipping on robes called yukata and curling up our tired legs beneath the knee-high communal table.
From Washington Post
Two weeks later, the Administration decreed that post exchanges and commissaries might no longer carry such non-U.S. goods as Leica cameras, Japanese yukata dolls and tax-free Scotch whisky.
From Time Magazine Archive
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