"帷子" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ka̠ta̠bʲiɾa̠] Forms: 帷子 [canonical] (ruby: 帷子(かたびら)), katabira [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 片 (kata, “side; one-sided”) + 枚 (hira, “layer, thin flat thing”). The kanji for this word are an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from 帷 (tobari, “curtain”) and 子 (ko, “small thing”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|片|枚|sort=かたびら|t1=side; one-sided|t2=layer, thin flat thing|tr1=kata|tr2=hira}} 片 (kata, “side; one-sided”) + 枚 (hira, “layer, thin flat thing”), {{juku|sort=かたびら}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かたびら}} 帷子(かたびら) • (katabira)
  1. a cloth curtain used as a partition
    Sense id: en-帷子-ja-noun-ng06Kard Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 15 9 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 28 17 34
  2. unlined cloth clothing
    Sense id: en-帷子-ja-noun--kBYZqSz Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Clothing Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 15 9 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 28 17 34 Disambiguation of Clothing: 4 90 2 5
  3. a hitoe (single-layer kimono) worn during the summer
    Sense id: en-帷子-ja-noun-XqfSr3fj Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 28 17 34
  4. (Buddhism) a special white kimono used to dress the dead for a Buddhist funeral, inscribed with the person's honorary name, an excerpt from a sutra, or a portion of a chant
    Sense id: en-帷子-ja-noun-VdBfr~x2 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Buddhism, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Robes and cloaks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 14 7 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 15 9 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 18 11 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 28 17 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 20 17 14 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 20 17 14 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 15 9 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 18 11 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 16 10 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 12 8 69 Disambiguation of Robes and cloaks: 13 33 10 45 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: 湯帷子 (yukatabira) (ruby: 湯(ゆ), 帷子(かたびら)), 浴衣 (yukata) (ruby: 浴衣(ゆかた)) 
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