Illustration: Beside the low table in a Japanese apartment, a child retrieves a large ball of soft knitting yarn from beneath a cushion. One thick, slightly fuzzy strand leads continuously from the ball to a half-finished mitten resting on two knitting needles in an adult's lap.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

毛け糸いと

keito

knitting yarn

Example sentences

赤あかん坊ぼうが毛糸けいとの玉たまをもつれさせた。
The baby tangled the ball of yarn.
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何なにかを記録きろくするために、彼かれらはラマかアルパカの毛糸けいとでできた、結むすび目めのついたひもを使つかった。
To record something, they used knotted cords made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれらは地面じめんに座すわるか、ラマかアルパカの毛糸けいとでできた毛布もうふの上うえに座すわる。
They sit on the ground or on blankets made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 毛糸

毛fur; hairOnモウKunけ
糸threadOnシKunいと

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