袖(そで)

袖(そで) means sleeve of clothing.

Types of sleeves

• 長袖(ながそで): long sleeves
• 半袖(はんそで): short sleeves
• 袖(そで)なし: sleeveless
• 振(ふ)り袖(そで): long-sleeved kimono

Common expressions

• 袖(そで)を引(ひ)く: to tug at someone's sleeve (for attention)
• 袖(そで)の下(した): bribe (lit. under the sleeve)
• 袖(そで)にする: to cold-shoulder someone
• 袖(そで)振(ふ)り合(あ)うも多生(たしょう)の縁(えん): Even a chance meeting is fate

Common patterns

• 袖(そで)をまくる: to roll up sleeves
• 袖(そで)を通(とお)す: to put on (clothes)

Compounds

• 袖口(そでぐち): cuff, sleeve opening
• 袖丈(そでたけ): sleeve length