Kanji 袖 Words: Meanings and Readings

袖

そで

flap (of a dust jacket)

長そで

ながそで

long sleeves

半そで

はんそで

short sleeves

領袖

りょうしゅう

leader

小袖

こそで

padded silk garment

そで壁

そでかべ

wing wall

ない袖は振れぬ

ないそではふれぬ

you can't give (use) what you don't have

英和対訳袖珍辞書

えいわたいやくしゅうちんじしょ

A Pocket Dictionary of the English and Japanese Language (1862)

鎧袖一触

がいしゅういっしょく

(beating someone) hands down

角袖

かくそで

square sleeves

詰め袖

つめそで

kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit)

元禄袖

げんろくそで

short and round sleeves of a kimono

広袖

ひろそで

wide sleeve

黒留袖

くろとめそで

formal, black kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions

山形袖章

やまがたそでしょう

chevron (military rank insignia)

七分袖

しちぶそで

three-quarter sleeves

小袖料

こそでりょう

betrothal money given from man to woman

色留袖

いろとめそで

formal, pastel-colored kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions

振りそで

ふりそで

long-sleeved kimono

振袖魚

ふりそでうお

polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)

振袖柳

ふりそでやなぎ

Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)

袖がらみ

そでがらみ

barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)

袖ぐり

そでぐり

sleeve-hole

袖すり合うも他生の縁

そですりあうもたしょうのえん

a meeting by chance is preordained

袖なし

そでなし

sleeveless (garment)

袖にする

そでにする

to be cold (to)

袖の下

そでのした

bribe

袖の振り合わせも他生の縁

ふでのふりあわせもたしょうのえん

even accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate

袖の露

そでのつゆ

tears falling onto the sleeve

袖ビーム

そでビーム

curved end of a highway guard rail

袖ふりあうも他生の縁

そでふりあうもたしょうのえん

even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond

袖を通す

そでをとおす

to put on (clothing)

袖下

そでした

bottom of the sleeve

袖垣

そでがき

low fence flanking a gate or entrance

袖看板

そでかんばん

projecting signboard

袖乞い

そでごい

beggar

袖口

そでぐち

cuff

袖香炉

そでごうろ

portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)

袖山

そでやま

sleeve cap (of Western clothing)

袖手傍観

しゅうしゅぼうかん

looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves)

袖章

そでしょう

sleeve badge

袖丈

そでたけ

height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)

袖柱

そでばしら

small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

袖珍

しゅうちん

pocket size

袖珍版

しゅうちんばん

pocket edition (of a book)

袖珍本

しゅうちんぼん

pocket-size book

袖付

そでつけ

attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt

袖枕

そでまくら

using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow

袖無し羽織

そでなしばおり

sleeveless haori

袖裏

そでうら

lining of a sleeve

戴くものは夏も小袖

いただくものはなつもこそで

taking whatever one can get one's hands on

提灯袖

ちょうちんそで

puffed-up sleeves

筒袖

つつそで

tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)

半袖シャツ

はんそでシャツ

short-sleeved shirt

舞台袖

ぶたいそで

wings of a stage

平袖

ひらそで

wide sleeve

片袖

かたそで

one sleeve

片袖机

かたそでつくえ

desk with a tier of drawers on one side

萌え袖

もえそで

overly long sleeves

目引き袖引き

めひきそでひき

catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve

留め袖

とめそで

formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions

両袖

りょうそで

both sleeves

両袖机

りょうそでづくえ

kneehole desk