- 小袖
- こそで【小袖】a kimono with short sleeves worn as underclothing by the upper classes and as an overgarment by ordinary people during the Heian period, and the origin of the modern kimono; 〔絹の綿入れ〕 a (wadded silk) kimono.
●もらうものは夏も小袖. ⇒もらう 1.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.