綿帽子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綿	帽	子
わた Grade: 5	ぼう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kun’yomi	kan’on	on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 綿 (wata, “cotton”) +‎ 帽子 (bōshi, “cap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠bo̞ːɕi]

Noun

綿帽子 (sense 2): a bridal hood

綿(わた)帽(ぼう)子(し) • (watabōshi) 

1. [from 12th century] a hood, (especially) a raw silk or (later) cotton hood worn for protection from the cold
2. [from 17th century] a bridal hood, a hood worn by the bride during a wedding ceremony
3. (figurative, by extension from 1) a mountain top, tree top, etc. covered in snow
4. (figurative, by extension from 2) a bride who wears a hood
5. (criminal slang) [20th century] a fire, conflagration

See also

• 角(つの)隠(かく)し (tsunokakushi, “bridal headdress”)
• 白(しろ)無(む)垢(く) (shiromuku, “(white) bridal kimono”)
• 打(うち)掛(かけ) (uchikake, “woman's kimono; wedding reception kimono”)
• 着(き)物(もの) (kimono, “kimono”)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Further reading

• 綿帽子 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Kimono on Wikipedia.Wikipedia