紺絣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紺	絣
こん Grade: S	かすり > がすり Hyōgai
goon	kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんがすり [kòńgáꜜsùrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ŋɡa̠sɨɾʲi]

Noun

紺(こん)絣(がすり) • (kongasuri)

an article of Japanese cloth, including clothing, colored indigo, with white patches woven into it
- 1988, Ukichiro Nakaya, Ｉ駅の一夜 [A Night at Station I]‎^[1]:
  
  美(うつく)しい声(こえ)の主(ぬし)は紺絣(こんがすり)のもんぺをはき、同(おな)じ紺絣(こんがすり)のちゃんちゃんを着(き)ていた。
  Utsukushii koe no nushi wa kongasuri no monpe o haki, onaji kongasuri no chanchan o kiteita.
  The owner of the beautiful voice wore a white-striped indigo monpe, with an equally-colored sleeveless haori.

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN