袴

はかま

Meanings

1. Noun hakama (i.e.: pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions)
2. (leaf) sheath
3. (sake bottle) stand

Kanji

• 袴 men's formal divided skirt. Read as はかま.

Example sentences

• トムね、成人式にめっちゃ派手な羽織袴で来たんだよ。
  Tom came to the coming-of-age ceremony in super flashy haori and hakama.
• 「卒業式って、何着る？振り袖？袴？スーツ？」「振り袖とスーツは、卒業式じゃなくても着れるから、袴かな」
  "What will you wear for graduation ceremony? Long-sleeved kimono? Hakama? Suit?" "Long-sleeved kimono and suit can be worn even if it's not a graduation ceremony, so maybe hakama."

Common phrases

• 袴を着る

Words containing 袴

• 長袴 (ながばかま) long hakama
• 袴着 (はかまぎ) ceremony fitting child with a hakama
• 羽織袴 (はおりはかま) haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)

And 16 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists