Word Meaning 更衣

こうい koui

更衣 is read as こうい (koui) and means changing one's clothes.

Meaning

English

changing one's clothes
lady court attendant

Reading

Kana

こうい

Romaji

koui

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 142845 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

更衣室

こういしつ

locker room

更衣場

こういじょう

changing room

更改

こうかい

renewal

白衣

しろぎぬ

commoner without rank (in ancient China)

浴衣

ゆかた

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

黒衣

こくい

black clothes

羽衣

うい

type of bug

着衣

ちゃくい

clothes (that one is wearing)

衣

ころも

coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

作業衣

さぎょうい

work clothes

作務衣

さむい

samue

手術衣

しゅじゅつい

surgical gown

Example Sentences

更衣室はどこですか？

Where is the changing room?

更衣室は男女に別れていましたが、お風呂場に入って行ったら男女区別なく、混浴でした。

Although the locker rooms were segregated by sex, upon entering the bath, women and men were not separated—it was a mixed bath.

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