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kimono

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




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You don't have to see the colour of a kimono to know that it is a kimono.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

I wish Harvard had opened the kimono and listened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

Peggy, still dressed in the kimono, ran up the stairs, the same stairs up which he had half-dragged Mary and the same stairs down which he had stumbled with the trunk last night.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

She enjoys tea ceremonies, wearing kimonos and visiting shrines and temples, according to her official profile page.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

These works reveal the evolution of Noguchi’s designs for furniture, kimonos, theatrical productions, plazas, gardens and his unrealized “Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Olwande Akoth, a designer showcasing her upcycled kimonos at the fashion show, once traded in second-hand bales but often felt disheartened by their poor quality.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Over the last few years, she’s been gradually bringing objects from her parents’ home to Los Angeles, like ceramics, and has most recently been debating what to do with her mother’s collection of kimonos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025

We spent most days padding around the house in our kimonos.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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