水干

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • cloth that has been stretched and dried using only water and no starch
  • an informal garment, like a tunic, worn by males of the Japanese nobility in the Heian period, as outerwear, originally made from such cloth
  • the edge of the water, the shoreline, the waterside

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 水 (water, w, mizu, hydrogen, -sui, -, cold water) + Japanese 干 (go down, dry).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

go down, dry

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

干, 乾

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