京の着倒れ

きょうのきだおれ

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) See also: 大阪の食い倒れ (おおさかのくいだおれ). See also: 着倒れ (きだおれ).

Kanji

• 京 capital. Read as キョウ.
• 着 arrive
• 倒 topple. Read as だおれ.

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