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Japanese - clothes
Oct. 23rd, 2025 05:16 pmClothing
Other tradiional clothings/attire
- Heian Period clothing - elaborate, multi-layered silk garments
- women
- jūnihitoe - 12-layered robe (robes = hitoe)
- formal court dress - noble/ladies-in-waiting
- undergarment
- kosode - innermost layer (red/white)
- worn also by commoners
- nagabakama/hakama - long pleated skirt (red)
- hitoe - unline silk robes (r/w/bg)
- obi (robe-belt)
- itsutsuginu (五衣) - set of bright coloured layered robes/uchigi (5/6 colour)
- uchiginu - scarlet beaten silk robe
- uwagi - patterned and decorated silk robe, colour/fabric indicate rank
- karaginu (唐衣) - short coat worn on top itsutsuginu, waist length (formal)
- mō (裳) - skirt-like train (for formal occasions)
- kouchigi - shorter brocade robe (less formal)
- accessory: hiōgi - elaborate fans with long silk cords
- formal court dress - noble/ladies-in-waiting
- Further refs
- jūnihitoe - 12-layered robe (robes = hitoe)
- men
- sokutai (formal)
- most formal court attire - multiple layers of silk.
- suikan - straight cut robe (less formal)
- sashinuki trousers - loose fitting trousers tied at calf/ankle (less formal)
- also worn by commoners
- Further ref
- sokutai (formal)
- women
Other tradiional clothings/attire
- kimono (着物)
- women
- furisode - formal kimono worn by young women, very long sleeves
- for coming of age, wedding
- uchikake - also bridalwear. outer layer
- kurotomesode, irotomesode - other formal kimono
- houmongi, tsukesage - semi formal
- iromuji - low formal - for tea ceremony, other mildly informal events
- komon, edo komon - informal
- monpe (もんぺ /モンペ) - traditional style of loose agricultural work-trouser in Japan
- furisode - formal kimono worn by young women, very long sleeves
- men
- kuromontsuki haori hakama - most formal
- weddings, coming-of-age ceremonies, funerals
- kimono + haori + hakama
- iromontsuki haori hakama - less formal
- weddings, coming-of-age
- habutai haori + nagagi (a long kimono without trousers) + sendaihira hakama
- < kamon (family crest) = more formal (5 - highest)
- haori hakama - less formal (coat + trouser)
- nagagi - casual (wear with haori)
- kinagashi - informal (no haori)
- kuromontsuki haori hakama - most formal
- women
- yukata (浴衣) - unlined cotton summer kimono
- jinbei (甚平) - loungewear, side-tying, tube-sleeved kimono-style top + a pair of trousers
- samue (作務衣) - work clothing of Buddhist monks/nuns, modern time - work wear
- mofuku - funeral wear
Old Japanese terms
Oct. 23rd, 2025 12:24 amJapanese Terms
Archaic Japanese months
- Ashinuke (足抜け) - breaking one's ties/running away without paying one's debts.
- Seppuku - ritual suicide: stabbing or cutting oneself in the abdomen with a short sword or knife. Casual form: harakiri
- Kaishakunin (介錯人) - appointed second whose duty is to behead an individual who has performed seppuku at the moment of agony
- Tsujigiri (辻斬り) - practice when a samurai, after receiving a new katana or developing a new fighting style or weapon, tests its effectiveness by attacking a human opponent
- Kagemusha (影武者) - shadow warrior or body double
Archaic Japanese months
- Mutsuki - 睦月 - January
- Kisaragi - 如月 - February
- Yayoi - 弥生 - March
- Uzuki - 卯月 - April
- Satsuki - 皐月 - May
- Minazuki - 水無月 - June
- Fumizuki - 文月 - July
- Hazuki - 葉月 - August
- Nagatsuki - 長月 - September
- Kannazuki - 神無月 - October
- Shimotsuki - 霜月 - November
- Shiwasu - 師走 - December
Joseon - Documents, medical terms. people
Oct. 5th, 2025 02:16 amOfficial documents
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Medical terms
Hapheolbeop (합혈법) - blood test
Eolhyeol (어혈) – Blood clots
Maebyung - dementia
yaje (야체) - infantile colic
chongmaetang (?) - herbs used to treat dementia
yungaek (융액) - liquid
beopmul (법물) - tool used to detect poison during autopsy
Types of people/jobs
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Reference for:
Ruler
Our Blooming Youth
Haechi
Moonshine
My Dearest
A Haunted Palace
Queen Seondeok
Other Sageuk drama
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Medical terms
Hapheolbeop (합혈법) - blood test
Eolhyeol (어혈) – Blood clots
Maebyung - dementia
yaje (야체) - infantile colic
chongmaetang (?) - herbs used to treat dementia
yungaek (융액) - liquid
beopmul (법물) - tool used to detect poison during autopsy
Types of people/jobs
( Read more... )
Reference for:
Ruler
Our Blooming Youth
Haechi
Moonshine
My Dearest
A Haunted Palace
Queen Seondeok
Other Sageuk drama
