繭糸(けんし)

けんし
noun
cocoon filament; silk thread
clothinganimal-insect
1. cocoon filament; silk thread
The single continuous filament a silkworm spins to make its cocoon, the raw material of silk thread. A term from sericulture and the silk industry.
繭(まゆ)から繭糸(けんし)を取(と)り出(だ)す。
To extract silk thread from cocoons.
繭糸(けんし)の品質(ひんしつ)は蚕(かいこ)の育(そだ)て方(かた)で変(か)わる。
The quality of silk thread changes depending on how the silkworms are raised.
一(ひと)つの繭(まゆ)から取(と)れる繭糸(けんし)は、長(なが)さが1,000メートル以上(いじょう)にもなる。
The filament from a single cocoon can be more than 1,000 meters long.

Composed of 繭(けん) (cocoon) and 糸(し) (thread). Japan has a long history of sericulture (養蚕(ようさん)), and silk production was a major industry from the Edo period through the early twentieth century. The 富岡(とみおか)製糸場(せいしじょう) (Tomioka Silk Mill), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a famous example of Japan's silk industry.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 生糸(きいと): raw silk, the thread made by reeling several cocoon filaments together; 繭糸(けんし) is the single filament.
  • 絹糸(きぬいと): silk thread — processed silk thread ready for weaving
  • 絹(きぬ): silk — the finished fabric material

Related Words

Compare: 生糸(きいと) (raw silk)
Compare: 絹糸(きぬいと) (silk thread)
Compare: 絹(きぬ) (silk)
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