Illustration: Inside a small Japanese silk-reeling workshop, a seated worker draws fine strands from cocoons floating in a heated basin and guides them onto a wooden reel. A shallow basket holds additional intact cocoons, while a folded length of smooth silk fabric rests on a dry bench nearby.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

絹きぬ

kinu

silk

Example sentences

  1. この美うつくしいドレスは絹きぬで出来できている。

    This beautiful dress is made of silk.

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  2. 絹きぬは手触てざわりが柔やわらかい。

    Silk feels soft.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは父ちちに絹きぬのネクタイをあげた。

    I gave my father a silk tie.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 絹

  • 絹silkOnケンKunきぬ

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