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kimono

kuh moh nuh

  • n  a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese

  • ETHNIC WEAVING: Japan Traditional Japanese kimono and obie fabrics are tailored into modern seating by Kimono New York.
  • In Japan the kimono - a garment that has had a profound influence on Western couture - is now worn only on formal occasions.
  • In a time of ready-to-wear, mass-produced clothes, the kimono of old Japan seems a fabled anachronism, like phoenix feathers.
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  • Janet Jackson in FOXNews
    Jackson, on her first promotional tour in Japan in two years, said,"I miss dancing, so I wanted it to be a dance album.She appeared at a packed news conference in a bright red kimono."
  • Colleen Atwood in Dominican Today
    I think we can open the kimono a little bit without talking about the computer science behind it. What they are basically doing is looking for structures on the web that seem to imply facts. Like something 'is' something. Different tables,... Marissa Mayer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEyxdZSOY9t3JTlkMhIzI1aJWBSXA BBC News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8047076.stm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFhE1JUWgliJuOJZpVsEUwmw0L1lA May 12, 2009 55805 73867 kimono I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds," Atwood says. "I do think there'll be lots of red accents in the near future. For me personally, I can't see myself flaunting around in a geisha uniform but...

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