Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese living room, an adult repairs the loose cuff of a child's shirt. A fine thread runs continuously from a small spool across the tabletop, through the needle's eye, and into the fresh stitches held between their fingers.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

糸いと

ito

thread, string

Example sentences

  1. おばあちゃんは身みをかがめて糸いとの付ついた針はりを拾ひろった。

    My grandma stooped down and picked up a needle and thread.

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  2. トムは凧たこに糸いとを付つけた。

    Tom attached the string to the kite.

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  3. この糸いとはすぐもつれる。

    This thread tangles easily.

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Kanji in 糸

  • 糸threadOnシKunいと

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