• n. From Japanese etymology. A long, loose and tied Japanese robe with wide sleeves. The term is nowadays applied to any clothing item which shares similarities in shape with the traditional asiatic garment.

• Civil attire

• Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com] Stevenson, Angus, ed. Oxford Dictionary of English. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010.

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