袖

そで · sode · JLPT N3 · noun

sleeve

袖 — sleeve

👘 sode sounds like soda: soda spills on your sleeve

袖 = 衤 (clothing radical) + 由 (from, emerge): the part of a garment your arm comes out from. You meet it in 振袖 furisode, swinging sleeves, the long-sleeved kimono worn by young women.

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